Facebook backtracks on public friend lists
CNET - 1 hour 30 minutes agoSome members took issue with the fact that Facebook's new privacy settings exposed their list of connections, so Facebook has pulled back a bit on it.
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Some members took issue with the fact that Facebook's new privacy settings exposed their list of connections, so Facebook has pulled back a bit on it.
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NEW YORK — Facebook is changing its privacy settings to give users control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages. The networking Web site took the rare step Wednesday of requiring its more than 350 million users to review and update their privacy settings.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook is giving users better control over who sees information on their personal pages. The online social network is launching new privacy settings Wednesday that are designed to simplify the cumbersome controls that have confounded many users.
Facebook's revamped privacy settings will push more user data onto the Internet and, in some cases, make privacy protection harder for Facebook users, digital civil liberties experts said.
The Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium Scholarship (GAASS) now has a group page on Facebook, open to anyone interested in learning more about the annual scholarship program.
One of the nation's most popular social networking web sites has recently adjusted its privacy policies, and by doing so is putting Internet privacy issues in the spotlight.
PayPal has introduced a new Facebook app for sending money. The app is designed to allow uses to use PayPal to send money to anyone starting from Facebook. Users only need the person's email address. PayPal Director of Product Marketing Heinz Waelchli explains how it works: Visit our send money application page and click on the "Get Started" button to install the application. Next just fill in ...
Facebook, the world's No.1 Internet social network, took a step toward opening up parts of its site to outsiders on Wednesday by introducing a broad revision of its users' privacy settings.
A meeting expedited via a popular social network led to a string of dates in Madison over the past few days, ending with a robbery.
You may have taken time out from playing "Mafia Wars," "FarmVille" or answering that "Which Muppet Are You?" quiz to update your privacy settings on Facebook this week. However, when you were clicking on your choices for who could see your updates and personal data, did you happen to notice any mention of those third-party applications linking up to the world's largest social media network?
If it's December, you can be sure the Spiridellis brothers are loving every minute.
Five young Americans detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links will most likely be deported, a local police chief said Friday.
Sharee Miller GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — Sharee Miller, the woman convicted of manipulating her Internet lover to kill her husband in 1999, was found using Facebook, the popular social networking site. Her conviction was overturned last summer — although...
Users get more control but will put more data in the public, experts say Facebook's revamped privacy settings will push more user data onto the Internet and, in some cases, make privacy protection harder for Facebook users, digital civil liberties experts said.
Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of allowing religious symbols to be displayed on public land and feel even more strongly that public schools should celebrate at least some religious holidays.