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Why Would Apple Want to Go after Facebook?

Why Would Apple Want to Go after Facebook?

Apple (AAPL) has created new privacy tools in its Safari browser that would restrict how companies such as Facebook (FB) collect personal data from iPhone users. Data and ad-driven social media companies such as Facebook need to build user profiles in order to deliver relevant advertising messages to them in what the industry calls targeted advertising.