Facebook Reiterates it Never Allowed Partners to Access Private Messages Without Users Permission

Facebook has once again reiterated that it never allowed its partners to access private messages without a user’s permission. In a new blog post, Facebook Vice President of Product Partnerships Ime Archibong said late on Wednesday that the social networking giant worked closely with four partners to integrate messaging capabilities into their products so people could message their Facebook friends — but only if they chose to use Facebook Login.

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“These experiences are common in our industry — think of being able to have Alexa read your email aloud or to read your email on Apple’s Mail app,” said Archibong, according to IANS.

The second round of rebuttal came after a New York Times report claimed Facebook allowed large technology companies and popular apps like Netflix or Spotify access to its users’ personal information. “People could message their friends about what they were listening to on Spotify or watching on Netflix, share folders on Dropbox, or get receipts from money transfers through the Royal Bank of Canada app.

“These experiences were publicly discussed. And they were clear to users and only available when people logged into these services with Facebook. However, they were experimental and have now been shut down for nearly three years,” said Archibong.

According to Facebook, it worked with partners to build messaging integrations into their apps so people could send messages to their Facebook friends. “No third party was reading your private messages or writing messages to your friends without your permission. Many news stories imply we were shipping over private messages to partners, which is not correct,” stressed Archibong.