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Senators raise privacy concerns about Facebook expansion, call for simpler user controls

Posted on April 27, 2010 by pogowasright.org

It’s not just Senator Chuck Schumer anymore. Michael Liedtke of the Associated Press reports:

Four U.S. senators want Facebook to make it easier for its more than 400 million users to protect their privacy as the website develops new outlets to share personal information.

The call for simpler privacy controls came in a letter that the senators plan to send Tuesday to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Associated Press obtained a draft of the letter signed by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo; Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska; and Sen. Al Franken, D.-Minn.

Read more in the Chicago Tribune.

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