Facebook Shuts Controversial Program to Pay Apple Users for Data
- Social network’s research app broke Apple distribution rules
- Move could make it difficult for Facebook to test new iOS apps
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Apple is ratcheting up a tug-of-war over privacy with Facebook.
On the heels of a report outlining ways Facebook Inc. is collecting data, Apple Inc. revoked a key set of testing tools that the social networking giant uses to ensure its apps are ready for use on the iPhone and iPad. The move also shut down internal apps that Facebook employees use every day.