Tech Mails

Urgent Issue

Mark Zuckerberg to An Apple executive (name redacted), September 25, 2012

Exhibit
From
Mark Zuckerberg
Sent
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
To
An Apple executive (name redacted)
Subject
Urgent Issue

Only part of this email is public. The text below is the portion quoted in the source.

[w]hen we discussed the Facebook / iOS integration, one of the biggest issues we discussed was around how developers would try to use our graph to grow competitive products. [...] Within days of launching iOS6, this has already become an issue. Even though we were mostly concerned about Google before, competitive Asian social networks like Naver Line, KakaoTalk and others -- which weren't even on the map when we were initially discussing this but are now at scale -- are using the phone numbers we're putting into your contacts to bootstrap their own competitive graphs. This is a huge issue for us and it is urgent that we resolve this quickly. Every hour that goes by these social networks are getting more and more contact info from us.
MZX-000020

About this email

Quoted in the FTC's filing from Zuckerberg's September 25, 2012 email to an Apple executive about the Facebook and iOS integration. The recipient's name is redacted.

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