4 posts and columns on privacy advocates

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Facebook Execs Defend Changes as D.C. Eyes Privacy Regulations

in News on April 29, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Facebook executives defended recent changes to the social-networking site that have upset some users and privacy advocates, telling reporters Wednesday that Facebook users simply need time to get used to the changes.

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Marketers Watch as Friends Interact Online

in News on April 15, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Birds of a feather flock together. Or, in the Internet age, a customer’s friend is a potential customer. Embracing those truisms, some big marketers, including Sprint and eBay, are turning to small start-ups to help them tap social-networking data to find would-be clients among the friends and acquaintances of existing customers, to the dismay of some privacy advocates.