Japan rebukes Facebook for gathering data through 'likes'

Social network told to be more transparent with users

20181022N Facebook (Reuters)

Facebook's data protections have sparked concern around the world following large leaks uncovered this year.

RYOHEI YASOSHIMA and MASAHARU BAN, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- A Japanese government body on Monday directed Facebook to be more transparent and strengthen guards on personal information, following European authorities in pushing back against the social networking giant as hacks and its own tools leave data exposed.

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