STF: Senators Urge Facebook To Change Privacy Settings
I always keep it 100 with yall so I’m gonna say this…I did NOT see this coming…WTF is the purpose of this?…Smokescreen??? Yeah…smokescreen
Four Democratic senators called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday to reconsider the recent changes in its privacy settings and asked the Federal Trade Commission to streamline guidelines regarding privacy on all social networks.
“Now, users have less control over private information, and it was done without the users’ permission,” Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, said on Capitol Hill.
Schumer and Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Mark Begich of Alaska and Al Franken of Minnesota sent a letter to Zuckerberg about Facebook’s decision to allow third-party sharing of users’ information.
“We are writing to express our concern regarding recent changes to the Facebook privacy policy and the use of personal data on third party websites,” the senators wrote. “The expansion of Facebook — both in the number of users and applications — raises new concerns for users who want to maintain control over their information.”
Last week, Facebook began a “small pilot program” with Microsoft Docs.com, Pandora and Yelp that would offer personalized experiences when visiting those sites. (more…)
