Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg flirted with the idea of getting into the online dating business in 2014 — but talked into sex videosinstead gave Tinder and similar apps access to user data, leaked documents show.
The leaked documentswere released Wednesday and are a part of an ongoing lawsuit between Facebook and Six4Three, a long-defunct app that scraped Facebook data to find photos of women in bikinis.
Facebook made the decision to stop third-party apps from accessing user data — such as friend lists and liked pages — in 2014 and gave most apps until May 2015 to comply to the new policy, according to Forbes. Some apps, however, received “whitelist” privileges to continue accessing the data. Tinder was one of them.
According to a leaked March 2015 email exchange, Tinder was given special permissions under the condition that the app permit Facebook to share rights in Tinder’s trademark of “MOMENTS.” Other dating apps, such as Bumble, Hinge, and Coffee Meets Bagel, were also whitelisted; one reason given was “because they are getting high profile.”
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable 
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable A year prior, however, Zuckerberg stated that he thought Facebook was a better dating app than Tinder and Match.com. He said that there were two types of dating apps: one designed for the task of matching people, in which the latter two fell, and apps that can be used for dating but not designed for that task, in which Facebook fell. “I actually think the second is far more valuable and useful if it can be created,” Zuckerberg wrote in a January 2014 email.
“Historically, this is why Facebook has been so good for dating. It isn’t explicitly a dating service, so there’s no stigma to being a part of it. But once you’re there, a part of it can be used for dating. I’d bet that more dates and relationships start on Facebook than all of the other dating services combined,” Zuckerberg wrote.
The same month, the Facebook CEO declined to meet Tinder cofounder Rad. “No on wanting to meet the Tinder guy. I don’t think he’s that relevant. He probably just wants to make sure we won’t turn off their API, which we will adjust as part of our changes, and since we can’t talk about that the conversation will be awkward,” Zuckerberg said.
The documents shed light on how Facebook hoarded and doled out user data before the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Last year, Tinder crashedwhen Facebook made post-scandal damage control and changed its data policy once again.
Facebook launched its own dating featurein September of this year, five years after Zuckerberg noted Facebook’s superiority in the online dating sphere. Tinder said in a statement, "Tinder resolved the trademark dispute with Facebook years ago. Tinder never received any special treatment, data or access related to this dispute or its resolution."
Mashable has reached out to Facebook for comment and will update this article if we hear back.
UPDATE: Nov. 11, 2019, 9:01 a.m. EST This article has been updated to include comment from Tinder.
What Sa Nguyen uses to film TikToks that feel like FaceTime
I’m Not Supposed to Talk about Dubus
Witches, Artists, and Pandemonium in ‘Hereditary’
In Memory of Stanley Cavell
Early Prime Day deals on self
Ode to the Library Museum by Erica X Eisen
Donald Hall, Who Gave His Life to Work and Eros
Three Brief Encounters with Anthony Bourdain
Use Your Gaming Laptop and Play On Battery Power? Is It Possible?
Poetry Rx: I Loved My Friend
Man City vs. Real Madrid 2025 livestream: Watch Champions League for free
Hero’s Journey: An Interview with Taylor Mac
Greek Tragedy in the Laundromat
Organized Chaos: An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer
Draper vs. Kokkinakis 2025 livestream: Watch Australian Open for free
City Dreams by Bodys Isek Kingelez
Michael Stipe, R.E.M., and the Anxiety of Influence
A Life of Reading Is Never Lonely
Best water flosser deal: Save $10 on Waterpik Cordless Pulse
Michael Stipe, R.E.M., and the Anxiety of Influence
The first Snapdragon 865 phone has been announced. But it's not a Samsung.Mitsubishi's LED skylights are perfect for the subterranean apocalypseThe 6 most emotional moments from the final season of 'Bojack Horseman'You simply must see these celebrities lose themselves during Eminem's Oscars performanceLiberals trolled Trump with 'President Bannon' and it totally workedNetflix’s enticing ‘Locke & Key’ adaption is a fresh take on the beloved comic book seriesMore Uber drivers could fail background checks as stricter rules start to take effectMan kicked out of city council meeting for trying to recreate Kendall Jenner's Pepsi adTwitter to U.S. government: No, you can't see who's behind that antiAmazon cancels its Mobile World Congress plan over coronavirus fearsTaika Waititi dedicates Oscar to Indigenous kids in powerful acceptance speechNevada's canceled caucus app also had major problemsApple is getting fined again for screwing up iPhone batteriesDrowning sign shows Australia's gnarly weather whiplashEricsson pulls out of MWC due to 'health and safety' concerns from coronavirusHarry Styles' body double is the stuff nightmares are made ofAirbnb host banned after sending racist messages to Asian womanWhy the East Coast has had such a wimpy winterWhat America's epic electric vehicle charging system may look likeU.S. indicts 4 Chinese military hackers for giant Equifax breach Memes are bigger than Jesus (on Google, at least) The secrets behind the Surface Studio design Everyone's talking about Apple's new 'emoji bar' Tickets to Game 3 of the World Series are really, really expensive The first fossilized dinosaur brain was just identified in England Facebook launches its version of Snapchat lenses Use the force to assemble these DIY 'Star Wars' Halloween costumes Cruel restaurant's Wi Apple unveils new, thinner and lighter MacBook Pros with 'Touch Bar' and Touch ID sensor Eerily predictive review spreads online after Dreamworld accident Uber has a plan to make flying cars a reality A Cubs fan's World Series diary for Game 2: A big bounce back 'W' Michelle Obama drops her own delightful shimmy for Hillary Clinton Google gives away almost $4 million to social good technology projects Apple throws shade at Google with new iOS 10 stat Apple once again breaks hearts by removing escape key Donald Trump speaks in Hindi in new ad campaign to win over Hindu supporters Dude successfully face swaps with an Egyptian sphinx How the new MacBook Pros compare with Microsoft's Surface Book i7 Cameron Dallas' Netflix show gets a release date
3.0079s , 10522.078125 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【talked into sex videos】,Miracle Information Network