Facebook draws protests on privacy issues

From USA TODAY

Facebook  is facing another round of backlash about its privacy policies.

A vocal slice of Facebook’s 400 million members are grousing about a new feature from the social-networking giant that lets non-Facebook websites post the personal views of Facebook users without their consent…

So far, it’s prompted a group of four U.S. senators to ask Facebook to alter its policy so the information remains private and can only be shared if the user explicitly chooses; four NYU students have raised more than $100,000 to build a Facebook alternative; and a new-media marketing expert is organizing an online protest, set for June 6. (It had 632 followers as of Thursday afternoon.)  …

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