How the world’s reacting to news of Google+ shutting down

As we reported earlier, a WSJ expose claimed a software glitch in the social Site “gave outside developers potential access to private Google+ profile data between 2015 & March 2018, when internal investigators discovered & fixed the issue, according to the documents & people briefed on the incident.” Google had decided to….”include permanently shutting down all consumer functionality of Google+”. Which effectively means Google+ to shut down.

Here’s how the world is reacting to these developments, on social media, & elsewhere:

Google Will Shut Down Google Plus After User Information Was …

5 hours ago … Google said it would shut down Google Plus, the company’s floundering

answer to Facebook, after it discovered a security vulnerability that …

Google discloses software bug that exposed personal data of …

7 hours ago … Google on Monday revealed that a software bug exposed data on as many as 500000 users of Google Plus, the company’s social network …

Google Plus to close after bug leaks personal information – ABC News

6 hours ago … Google is shutting down its underwhelming Plus social network for regular users, following its disclosure of a flaw discovered in March that …

WSJ: Google didn’t disclose spring Google Plus breach – Alphabet …

8 hours ago … Google (GOOG -0.7%, GOOGL -0.7%) suffered a breach through its Google Plus offering that exposed data of hundreds of thousands of users …

Google is killing Google+ after data breach exposed user information

7 hours ago … Google Plus data breach … Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network and then opted …

Social Network Google Plus Bug Exposed Data Of Lakhs, To Be …

7 hours ago … Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday up to 500000 Google+ user … Google Plus: Google opted not to disclose the issue partly due to fears of …