The combined document was created last year by privacy engineers from the Advertising and Business Product team. They were tasked with developing and maintaining a major Facebook advertising system, which is the company’s core business.

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Analysis of the report by the team shows that Facebook is unable to keep track of everything that happens on the platform.

We have established systems with open borders. The result of these open systems and open culture is well described by analogy: imagine holding a bottle of ink. This ink bottle is a mix of all kinds of user data. You pour this ink into the lake (our open data systems, our open culture) and they flow everywhere. How can I return this ink to the bottle? How to rearrange them so that they flow only in allowed areas of the lake?
-It is said in the document.

As a result, the company cannot control changes in its security policy, such as establishing a rule such as “Do not use data X for Y purpose” as required by regulators around the world. Even the company’s engineers are reportedly unable to properly monitor the entire path of user information.

A Facebook spokesperson commented on the situation to Vice. He emphasizes that the information obtained from the source does not indicate that the company does not comply with privacy rules and laws.

Given that this document does not explain our broad processes and mechanisms for monitoring compliance with privacy rules, it is absolutely wrong to conclude that it indicates violations. New privacy policies around the world impose different requirements, and this document reflects the technical solutions we have created to scale up our ongoing efforts to manage data and meet our commitments.
– noted the press secretary in a statement.

It will be remembered that Facebook owner Meta tried to appeal the ban on its social networks in Russia after its company and services were declared extremist.