--Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner said Friday it would investigate Facebook Inc. (FB) after the company informed it of a bug which may have exposed unshared pictured on the service, Reuters reports.

--Facebook said unshared pictures of up to 6.8 million users may have been exposed to app developers.

--The Irish Data Protection Commissioner is the European Union's lead regulator for Facebook, the report said.

Full story: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-cyber/irish-regulator-investigates-facebook-over-private-photo-glitch-idUSKBN1OD1UX?il=0

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