Facebook has revealed that a software bug exposed the photos of up to 6.8 million users, including pictures they had not posted. It made the announcement a day after hosting its pop-up privacy experience It's Your Facebook in New York's Bryant Park.
UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution aimed at protecting the right to privacy of internet users. The resolution was introduced by Brazil and Germany after allegations that the US had been eavesdropping on foreign leaders, including Brazil's Dilma Rousseff and Germany's Angela Merkel.
US spy chief James Clapper has admitted the government collects communications from internet firms, but says the policy only targets non-US persons. The director of national intelligence was responding to articles about an alleged secret programme, Prism.
Major tech companies including Apple Inc, Google and Facebook Inc said they do not provide any government agency with “direct access” to their servers, contradicting a Washington Post report that they have granted such access under a classified data collection program.
Brazil and United States topped the list of nations demanding private information about Google users, according to a tool the web giant unveiled Tuesday.