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Facebook is Grinch Stealing X-mas: MoveOn

Group vows battle, saying ads violate user privacy

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2007 8:30 PM CST

(Newser) – MoveOn.org plans to campaign against Facebook's "Beacon" ads, and do it on the social networking site's own turf, News.com reports. MoveOn promises an ad drive, a protest group, and an online petition over the advertisements—which post information about users' purchases on...   Read full story »

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