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Privacy advocates slam Google, Facebook changes

Posted on October 12, 2013 by pogowasright.org

Marie Szaniszlo reports:

Privacy advocates were dealt a one-two punch this week as Google announced plans to sell some of its users’ information for use in advertisements, and Facebook said it’s removing the privacy setting for Timeline searches.

Read more on Boston Herald.  Kristin Burnham has more on the Facebook changes on InformationWeek.

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