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Facing Facebook:For years, Facebook has been sharing user data, including private messages, with other large technology platforms including Netflix, Spotify, and Microsoft’s Bing search engine, according to a report. Few of these data-sharing partnerships have even proven useful for Facebook, writes Alexis Madrigal, Here’s a refresher on Facebook’s impact on the

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