Facebook gets rejected by CERN over data privacy concerns and high costs

CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, has ended its partnership with Workplace by Facebook after a four-year trial period.After Facebook introduced paid plans last year, CERN had the choice to either pay up and continue with its current plan or downgrade to the free version.The free version would transfer the control of data to Facebook, a compromise that CERN felt was “unacceptable”.The agency also claimed that paying for a tool that’s not integral to its community would not be justified.The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has shunned Workplace by Facebook over data privacy concerns. It has further demanded that the tech giant need to remove all its content off of the platform.The agency claims that only 150 active users were using the app. This is a minuscule

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