Facebook adjusts ad platform after privacy protest

Facebook has changed its three-week-old advertising platform to soothe members outraged by what they saw as an assault on their privacy at the popular social networking website.
From: news.yahoo.com

Facebook in privacy U-turn over Beacon

Privacy advocates declared victory on Friday after Facebook, the social networking website, moved to placate users concerned about the intrusiveness of its new Beacon advertising system.
From: www.ft.com

Facebook Refreshes Ad System After Privacy Protest

Facebook makes its Beacon ad system an opt-in choice after a petition from 50,000 users over privacy concerns.
From: www.eweek.com

Outcry Prompts Facebook Privacy Changes

Facebook has drawn the ire of thousands of its users, and has once again bowed to the pressure of the political campaign against its advertising techniques. Facebook has made significant changes to its recently launched Beacon advertising platform after 50,000 Facebook members signed a MoveOn.org petition over a 10-day period, asking the site to respect user privacy.
From: news.yahoo.com

Facebook does about-face on privacy policy

Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies.
From: www.msnbc.msn.com

Facebook Revamps New Ad System

Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy.
From: www.time.com

Facebook gives users more control over ad system after complaints

Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies. Under the changes outlined late Thursday,...
From: www.sfgate.com

Facebook Revamps New Advertising System

Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies. Under the changes outlined late Thursday,...
From: www.sfgate.com

Facebook reins in ?Beacon? ad system

Facebook, the online social networking website, on Thursday moved to placate users concerned about the threats to privacy posed by its new ?Beacon? advertising system.
From: www.ft.com

Privacy complaints force Facebook to gives users more control

SAN FRANCISCO ? Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies.
From: www.thestar.com

Facebook Woos Advertisers

Even as privacy concerns simmer, Facebook tries to pitch small companies on why they should advertise on the social networking site.
From: www.forbes.com

Facebook To Cry Uncle Over Beacon

Sources say Facebook is near to announcing changes to its Beacon marketing platform after pressure from privacy advocates over the last week. MoveOn launched its campaign the Monday before Thanksgiving and has since signed up 50,000 Facebook members incensed about having their online purchases and activities outside the social network published via News Feeds. Initially, Facebook ...
From: www.webpronews.com

Facebook Not Welcome under the Tree?

As the holiday season approaches and all the hustle and bustle with it, it always seems as though someone or something tries to ruin all the fun and festivities. At least according to some people, Facebook is the culprit this year. Facebook recently launched an advertising network called Facebook Beacon that is not sitting well with some people. Tasha Valdez of Michigan said, ?Oh ...
From: www.webpronews.com

Facebook ruins Christmas for everyone!

If you?ve been too busy hitting the post-Thanksgiving Day door busters to pay attention, Facebook?s new internal marketing program Beacon, tracks member purchases made at 40-some odd participating e-commerce sites and shares them social network buddies via profile news feeds in a passive form of brand endorsement.
From: www.msnbc.msn.com

On Facebook, group takes on Facebook

No good advocacy campaign is complete without a group on Facebook.com - even when the campaign is taking on Facebook itself. Liberal advocacy group MoveOn.
From: www.michigandaily.com

Beware your beloved site: Facebook is watching

I put a lot of trust into sites like Facebook to keep my personal information private. Sure, I have to monitor and decide who should be able to see my phone number and address, whether or not to publicize my relationship status and which pictures to attach to my name.
From: www.keeneequinox.com

CORRECT: Facebook may become the Grinch who stole Christmas

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The much-predicted backlash against Facebook is beginning.
From: www.marketwatch.com

Facebook crosses privacy line with new feature

Toronto - Facebook is facing some criticism about crossing the line for online privacy. Thousands of users are upset that their online shopping habits over the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend were published by the social networking website.
From: www.680news.com

Facebook evaluation of potential employees could be illegal: Expert

London, Nov 28 (ANI): The employers' practice of searching social networking sites such as Facebook to uncover information about would-be employees could be illegal, an internet expert has warned. The speedy rise of sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo, where users regularly post a good amount of personal information, photos and sometimes frank details of their personal exploits, has ...
From: in.news.yahoo.com

Facebook fixes ad-sharing glitch

Facebook said Tuesday it made a technical change to its popular social-networking Web site to strengthen privacy protections for members.
From: www.mercurynews.com

Facebook may become the Grinch who stole Christmas

SAN FRANCISCO, MarketWatch - The much-predicted Facebook backlash is beginning.
From: www.marketwatch.com

Facebook opens users shopping habits

Some Facebook users are upset by a new feature on the U.S. site that makes their online shopping habits public, and are organizing online against it. Founders of Facebook: Stop Invading My Privacy claim they get 1,000 new electronic signatures every few minutes, The Guardian reported. "Facebook must respect my privacy," the petition reads. "They should not tell my friends what I buy on other ...
From: economie.moldova.org

MoveOn to Facebook: We caught you red-handed

The activist group heats up its feud with the social network by alleging that it had once planned to make its controversial "Beacon" advertising more privacy-friendly, but then decided not to.
From: www.news.com

Privacy fears over Facebook feature

A simmering unease about threats to privacy from a new feature on Facebook is threatening to come to the boil, presenting the fast-growing social network with the first test of its unusual plans for making money from its site.
From: www.ft.com