Facebook Backlash Wanes As Privacy Options Granted
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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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Attorney General ends complaint Social networking site Facebook has reached agreement with the New York Attorney General to strengthen the way it polices its site to make it easier to remove obscene or offensive content.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.
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About face User protests have forced social network site Facebook to radically re-design its controversial News Feed feature, which critics argue is a Godsend for stalkers.â¦
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Following the example set last week by Ask.com's AskEraser announcement, Microsoft has jouned the push toward greater user privacy protections for search-engine queries. The company will introduce an anonymous-surfing option and a new data-retention policy that will purge identifiable info after 18 months.
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For the first time in two years, the guarantor of internet privacy abruptly terminates a company's right to display the TRUSTe seal -- without saying why. Privacy advocates say consumers deserve details.
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Facebook has launched a licensing program to allow other social networks to use its technology.
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CHICAGO _ For the first time, Facebook.com is facing the realities of being used by would-be predators.
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Insecure and antisocial networking A popular Facebook application that promises users privacy in exchange for opinions on their friends is acting as a stooly by offering the information for others to buy.â¦
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Blog: The move comes in response to privacy gripes from advocacy groups about the practices companies like Microsoft use to target ads to consumers.
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With pressure increasing on search portals to protect user privacy, Ask.com has announced that it will offer an anonymous-search option that bars the service from retaining any data.
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As the Federal Trade Commission wraps up deliberations on whether to approve the $3.1 billion deal, consumer advocates argue privacy issues must be front and center.
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Social networking site offers profiles to search engines and gives users chance to opt out.
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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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Facebook is changing the social networking site to make the names and profiles of its members available to nonmembers and eventually accessible through search-engine listings.
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When a popular blogger revealed that Facebook had banned his account, the Web erupted in speculative chatter. But where should they really be pointing fingers?
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Developers, developers, developers...stop spamming Facebook has changed its rules for developers to cut down on the myriad irritations which have afflicted it since it opened up to third party applications in May.â¦