Nov 29, 2011
FTC Likes Facebook
From our friends at the Federal Trade Commission:
The social networking service Facebook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public.
Shocker there.
The proposed settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make sure it lives up to its promises in the future, including giving consumers clear and prominent notice and obtaining consumers express consent before their information is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established.
I’m sure, given their past performances, that these requirements will be met and exceeded. Sounds like the Facebook version of the Treaty of Fort Laramie, with Facebook’s users playing the part of the Sioux.
(via The Awl.)