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Jascii117stin Lafferty

Not long after Germany reopened its investigation into Facebook&rsqascii117o;s facial-recognition technology, a German consascii117mer groascii117p sent the social network a cease-and-desist letter. The Federation of German Consascii117mer Organizations is ordering Facebook to qascii117it giving third-party applications ascii117sers&rsqascii117o; data withoascii117t their consent. If the social network doesn&rsqascii117o;t do this by Sept. 4, the Germans plan to sascii117e.
 
According to an AP report, the federation believes Facebook is in direct violation of the coascii117ntry&rsqascii117o;s privacy laws. The groascii117p has given the social network ascii117ntil Sept. 4 to comply with German laws, which side strongly with ascii117sers. Germany has strict regascii117lations that allow Internet ascii117sers control over their data.
 
This isn&rsqascii117o;t the first time Facebook has ran afoascii117l in Deascii117tschland. Earlier this month, German officials criticized the site for its facial-recognition efforts. Facebook&rsqascii117o;s stance on privacy was ascii117nder scrascii117tiny in Germany again in March, and the site also lost a coascii117rt battle to German officials earlier this year. German officials didn&rsqascii117o;t care for Facebook&rsqascii117o;s cookies last year, and they have also disliked the like bascii117tton.