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Facebook attracts more attention following its arrogant relaxing of privacy settings

Facebook,government,Privacy,US 19 January 2010 | 0 Comments

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For those following the debacle of Facebook privacy policy changes from the sidelines, the best couple of recent posts to keep you fully up to date on the situation come from ReadWriteWeb and MediaPost. The first is one of the most comprehensive overviews of the situation I've read to date, and the latter focuses on the conversation about the matter between the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the FTC. Interestingly, the FTC is quoted as replying that this "raises issues of particular interest for us at this time".

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_privacy_explanation_debate.php

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=120823

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