New chief compliance officer, same Facebook
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Kyle Brasseur2021-04-16T14:29:00
It isn’t surprising to see Facebook think it doesn’t have an ethical obligation to alert users to its latest data leak, writes Kyle Brasseur, but it is disappointing knowing the company now has a chief compliance officer in place.
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