Users protest over 'creepy' Facebook update
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Stalks you, sir The introduction of new features on social network site Facebook has sparked a backlash from users. Design changes to the site violate user privacy and ought to be scrapped, according to disgruntled users who have launched a series of impromptu protests. One protest site is calling for users to boycott Facebook on 13 September in opposition against a feature called News Feed, which critics argue is a Godsend for stalkers.â¦
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In an attempt to block spammers and devious advertisers, the popular social networking site makes some changes to its F8 platform.
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Users of the online hangout Facebook revolted and won as the site agreed Friday to let them turn off a new feature that drew privacy complaints because it lets others easily see changes made to their personal profile pages.
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The influx of business users into Facebook's formerly college-centric community has led to a culture clash for some longtime users, leading them to reconsider how much personal information they share on the site.
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In a march organized on Facebook, hundreds of thousands protested against the leftist rebel group Monday.
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InfoWorld - The launch of Facebook's Beacon advertising system in November put the social networking site in the middle of a controversy over privacy, asÂ Beacon was criticized for being too aggressive and stealthy in collecting and broadcasting information about users' activities online.
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The social news site tries to curb fraud by changing the way community members promote its stories. The move sparks protest among the site's top users. In Monkey Bites
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Complaints about apartment buildings have found a raucous new outlet as residents turn to online message boards to share gripes and gossip.
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The makers of word game Scrabble have  asked Facebook to remove its popular online version  "Scrabulous," which they say infringes their copyright.
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The operators of the online hangout Facebook wanted to help users save time by highlighting changes their friends make to their personal profile pages. Instead, the new feature has drawn complaints from thousands of its users and even threats of a boycott.
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By ANICK JESDANUN, Associated Press writer  NEW YORK  Users of the online hangout Facebook revolted and won as the site agreed Friday to let them turn off a new feature that drew privacy complaints because it lets others easily see changes made to their personal profile pages.
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Digg.com faced the wrath of its notoriously vocal users as complaints poured in about a new system for posting comments.
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After three days of vocal dissent from its users, the social network site for students makes two controversial new features optional and
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Obama no better than online privacy One million Facebook users have made a mockery of American politics.â¦
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook.com, a fast-growing U S social network website has sparked a privacy backlash that has quickly become one of the broadest cyber-protests ever with more than 600,000 members signing an online petition by midday yesterday.
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Its buffer floweth over Yahoo! Messenger users have been warned to update their IM software following the discovery of a serious security bug.â¦
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Facebook responded this week to user complaints that it's virtually impossible to delete an account from the social-networking Web site.