Facebook vs privacy?
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Privacy, Facebook’s critical issue — and Achilles heel — has come to the fore again. After the company unveiled a program that automatically shared data with special partners and changed the way it tracks people’s interests last month, bloggers and users are up in arms.
Why Mark Zuckerberg needs to come clean about his views on priva
Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch.
Privacy issues? Google engineers leaving Facebook in droves
A number of high-profile web industry leaders have quit Facebook this week, a turn of events that's sure to heat up conversation about the social network's perceived transgressions. Tonight leading video podcaster Leo Laporte announced that he's closed his Facebook account and made a financial donation in support of Diaspora , a project working to create an alternative social network outside of Facebook's control. Laporte said he was convinced to make the move by a post written by entrepreneur Jason Calacanis , in which Calacanis called Facebook a "monster" and called for users to throw their support behind OpenID and advocates of distributed social networking as open as the internet.
More Web Industry Leaders Quit Facebook, Call For Open Alternati
Well, These New Zuckerberg IMs Won't Help Facebook's Privacy Pro
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his company are suddenly facing a big new round of scrutiny and criticism about their cavalier attitude toward user privacy .
Friday is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s 26th birthday.
The Media Attacks On Facebook And Mark Zuckerberg Are Getting Ou
It’s interesting that lots of people who really don’t like Facebook’s privacy don’t get mad when journalists and bloggers put into public view Steve Jobs’ emails to them. Today I got an email from Mark Zuckerberg, CEO/founder of Facebook. I am not going to be the one to put that into public view until he gives me permission to.
When do you throw a CEO’s privacy under the bus? — Scobleizer
My Contrarian Stance on Facebook and Privacy - O'Reilly Radar
In a recent Inc Magazine live chat , I found myself, somewhat surprisingly even to me, defending Facebook regarding their ongoing and evolving privacy policy . Here's what I said: The essence of my argument is that there's enormous advantage for users in giving up some privacy online and that we need to be exploring the boundary conditions - asking ourselves when is it good for users, and when is it bad, to reveal their personal information.