Facebook Fires Employee Who Bragged on Tinder About His Access to User Data

Alleged remarks highlight the potential for certain Facebook employees to abuse their access to the private information of the social network’s users

Georgia Wells and

Robert McMillan

Updated May 2, 2018 5:15 p.m. ET

Facebook Inc. has fired an employee who bragged about his access to private user information, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The employee’s alleged remarks highlight the potential for certain Facebook employees to abuse their access to the private information of the social network’s users. The company has said that some employees have access to such data but that it is tightly controlled.

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