A former Facebook employee has filed a complaint against the company. According to him, the data deleted from the platform would not actually be deleted: employees could “revive” them using a special protocol.
On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, a former Facebook employee, Brennan Lawson, filed a lawsuit against Meta in California. He was allegedly wrongfully fired after questioning the legality of a company protocol.
The ex-employee explains that he was informed about a new protocol from Facebook during a staff meeting in late 2018. This would have allowed employees to “revive” data deleted by users. However, Brennan Lawson, wondering about the legality of this method, had not insisted for fear of being fired. He will end up being removed from his post as late as July 2019 for allegedly inappropriate use of a Facebook administration tool. In his opinion, this was just an excuse.
According to Brennan Lawson’s complaint, Facebook teams would be allowed to “bypass normal Facebook privacy protocols” by collecting data from the Messenger app, “the users [ont] voted for removal.” If the former employee’s information is true, this log would violate European Union data protection rules, but also the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order requiring Facebook to respect its users via its data retention policy inform .
The former Facebook content controller, who was unemployed for 18 months after being fired, is now seeking more than $3 million in compensation from Meta.
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