It has taken two years and a lawsuit, to end the Facebook Beacon controversy. Now the social networking giant is finally turning off the ads. More on the story. The application launched in 2007 tracked the activities of Facebook users on 42 partner Web sites and then revealed those activities users’ friends unless they turned [...]
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Facebook Beacon Controversy Update: Ads to Be Shut Off to Settle Lawsuit
September 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Privacy and Marketing, Social Networking
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YouTube Awards Bypass Britney’s No. 1 Privacy Advocate
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Public Figures and Privacy, Social Networking
Chris Crocker’s “Leave Britney Alone!” receiving tens of millions of views and inspiring thousands of imitators and satirists seemed a sure bet for a YouTube award. As viral as the video was, we would like to think that the concept of privacy and respect for an individual’s dignity and sanctity — even if he/she is [...]
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Can You Make Your Sudden and Unsolicited Fame Go Away?
March 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Public Figures and Privacy, Social Networking
Recent days have produced our latest instant celebrity, Eliot Spitzer’s call girl, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a.k.a. Ashley Youmans, a.k.a. Kristen. It’s clear from the semi-nude photographs of Ashley Dupre which the New York Post has just published, that going into seclusion does not solve the problem. Although her court-appointed lawyer, Don D. Buchwald, has issued [...]
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