Facebook change gives users more privacy controls
USA Today - 1 hour 8 minutes agoFacebook is changing its privacy settings to give users more control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Facebook readies new privacy requirements
CNET - 2 hours 10 minutes agoFacebook ready to roll out new privacy requirements, Apple is reportedly pitching its upcoming tablet to the publishing industry, and Mozilla readies mobile Firefox and Thunderbird 3.
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Will Members Rebel Against Facebook's New Privacy Settings?
paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 3:30 pm ETFacebook is rolling out new privacy controls today that for the first time let users specify their content as being viewable to "friends, friends of your friends, or everyone." The aim: Make the social network's privacy settings more straightforward.
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Facebook Simplifies Privacy Options
PC World - 32 minutes agoFollowing through on plans announced a few months ago, Facebook is rolling out changes on Wednesday to its privacy settings intended to make them simpler to...
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Facebook details new privacy settings
CNET - Wed Dec 9, 1:08 pm ETAll Facebook users will soon be required to configure their privacy settings, though the company encourages people to keep some information public.
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Study: Facebook users willingly give out data
CNET - Wed Dec 9, 1:07 pm ETFacebook users still haven't mastered the whole "privacy thing" when it comes to sharing personal information with others, a study from security firm Sophos finds.
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Facebook Rolls Out New "Privacy" Settings, Encourages Users to Abandon "Privacy"
AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 11:19 am ETFacebook is rolling out new privacy settings that it first began talking about in July. The company is holding a press conference this morning to walk us media types through the change, but here's the main thing that any Facebook user ought to know: Facebook wants users to share as much about themselves -- with ...
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Facebook Christmas Worm Spreads Holiday Infection
InformationWeek - 1 minute agoKoobface, the worm that has plagued Facebook, Twitter and other social sites, is back.
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Summary Box: Facebook's new privacy controls
Newsday - 6 minutes agoSummary Box: Facebook launching new privacy settings to let people decide who sees posts
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Facebook change gives users more privacy controls
Newsday - 7 minutes agoFacebook launching new privacy settings; users may decide who sees each status post
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Facebook privacy changes, aimed at openness, may trigger the opposite
The Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour 14 minutes agoUh-oh, Facebook's made another change. With Wednesday's privacy policy revision (and the unsaid truth that if users take no action their updates will be posted for the entire Internet to see) Facebook may be opening the door to its own downfall. How so? When the site was founded, it brought users with preexisting ...
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Gowanus joins Generation Facebook
New York Post - Wed Dec 9, 12:59 pm ETThe Gowanus Canal has finally joined the 21st century: The fetid waterway has its own group on Facebook.The Environmental Protection Agency created the page, reachable though facebook.com/eparegion2, with the hope, it said, of adding a layer of trans...
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Apple now offers digital gift cards via Facebook
Ars Technica - 1 hour 55 minutes agoWith the holiday season approaching at a breakneck pace, Apple is looking to cash in on procrastinators, unoriginal gift givers, and what's left of relationships you once shared with friends you haven't seen since high school. The company has unveiled a system powered by Gift Card Mall that allows Facebook users to purchase virtual iTunes gift cards to send to friends. The system allows ...
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Facebook Privacy Update: You Know Who Your Friends Are
ChannelWeb - Wed Dec 9, 11:16 am ETFacebook is rolling out enhanced privacy settings for its social networking site designed to help users keep the right information private.
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Facebook Forces Users to Get With Its Privacy Program
TechNewsWorld.com - Wed Dec 9, 2:53 pm ETFacebook users are now being required to review and update their privacy settings in light of changes the company has made to its privacy controls. The latest round of changes include the elimination of Facebook's regional networks, the implementation of granular settings for individual pieces of content, and a simplified privacy settings page.
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Facebook Debuts New Privacy
Red Herring - Wed Dec 9, 2:23 pm ETFacebook has now updated its privacy settings with new features designed to give users "greater control" over the information they want to share.
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