By Madeline Hughes ( September 16, 2026, 22:51 GMT | Insight) -- Personality quiz applications on Facebook likely didn't need data they were able to collect over the time, but the company allowed them to access it, said Rebecca Soares, a former Facebook employee who worked on investigations into data misuse.Personality quiz applications on Facebook likely didn't need data they were able to collect over time, but the company allowed them to access it, said Rebecca Soares, a former Facebook employee who worked on investigations into data misuse....
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