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Facebook Fights Anti-Privacy Charges

Battle with MoveOn hinges on the meaning of 'private'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 21, 2007 11:45 AM CST

(Newser) – Facebook jumped to the defense of its new social advertising program yesterday, under attack by a MoveOn campaign. MoveOn calls the program a “massive privacy breach,” but Facebook says that misrepresents Beacon, which does not make information "public." "Information is... Read full story »

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