According to MediaPost, the Electronic Privacy Information Center plans on filing an FTC complaint against Facebook regarding their SocialAds service as well as Facebook Beacon. A number of companies have been hopping on the bandwagon that was started by MoveOn.org just a few days ago.
According to the article, “‘Part of what Facebook is doing is taking from people the value of their endorsements, which traditionally is something that people can be compensated for, and selling it back to their advertisers,’ says EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg.” This issue has already been brought up and questions about its legality have already been published.
Suddenly Facebook has come under fire for their new services that test the limits of user privacy. While this may eventually blow over, I think something has got to give before everything settles down. Most likely, I envision Facebook adding the global opt-out feature that a lot of users have been calling on Facebook to add to their Beacon service. Do you think these new allegations will be heard by the FTC?
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Ooooo, yes please – a global opt-out like, er, yesterday! With the eyebrow-raising Facebook publicity of late, Mark would do well to implement such a welcome feature asap.
Comment by Mari Smith — November 28, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
Ooooo, yes please – a global opt-out like, er, yesterday!
With the eyebrow-raising Facebook publicity of late, Mark would do well to implement such a welcome feature asap.
Comment by Mari Smith — November 29, 2007 @ 3:36 am
[...] FTC Complaint Being Filed Against Facebook by Nick O’Neill (hear, hear for the global opt-out feature!!) [...]
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theres nothin wrong with face book keeps people intouch with family ; friends exc Isen;t there anything else people can do beside bitch about face book In the further I;d like to hear about something else for a change I;am sure others will totally agree with what I;am saying go after these hackers and leave face book a lone.
Comment by barbara — November 29, 2007 @ 6:04 am
theres nothin wrong with face book keeps people intouch with family ; friends exc Isen;t there anything else people can do beside bitch about face book In the further I;d like to hear about something else for a change I;am sure others will totally agree with what I;am saying go after these hackers and leave face book a lone.
Comment by barbara — November 29, 2007 @ 10:04 am
Hello!!
My account on Facebook has been deactivated because the number of clips I've posted on my profile page was beyond their quota. What I don't understand is once they flagged me with a warning before cutting me off, I've stopped. But, the day after i was cut without warning while I was just sending a thank you email for a friend that have accepted me as a friend.
I don't think they should have cut me. I Obed to their rules once I've received the warning. Something is wrong with their software for it deactivates people account even when they receive a first warning and they obey. That's not fair. I replied to their Warning Email and asked for an explanation and a last chance assuring them that I won't post anymore clips on my profile page (musical clips only) if this is too much of a problem. But, they push the arrogance by not answering back to users as they do most of the time when there's a problem.
Thank you for any help !!!
Regards,
Comment by Ramez — November 25, 2008 @ 10:38 am
HELLO,Caglar Juan Singletary and I ARELOOKING to make friends ;;and they keep blocking or oppressing it.I am planning to file a Civil Action if it continued.
Comment by Jack Stenvens — May 6, 2009 @ 11:58 am
First I am upset and outraged that facebook does not screen the innapropiate content that people put on their network, second my sister in las vegas called me to tell me to check my messages on face book, let me startoff that my page is called "FEED YOUR SOUL" spiritual enlightment and poetry. some body posted a message using my profile and left a message concerning my niece who is only 13teen years old tht she is sucking **** and stating that it was me writing the message and also said she is quote un quote she's a good hoe? now her friends seen that and i am going to file a law suit against face book. i have to clear my name and third i am going to close my account indefinately with facebook. contact me back at 1-313-405-3111
Comment by Prophet John Taylor — July 29, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
I also want to say that people all around the world use your service you need to set some guide lines and block un innpropiate behavior such as explicit seual behavior and stuff that minors are veiwing on your network that is it signed Prophet John Taylor "Destroying the Yoke Outreach"
Comment by Prophet John Taylor — July 29, 2009 @ 12:45 pm
Please remove me from your service. I am constantly having problems entering this service.
Comment by Jesse Hayes — December 24, 2009 @ 4:29 am
Can you stop putting dating advertising on my facebook? i don't want to be apart of you making money off of sex. I find this disgusting and want it removed. I don't believe in this. Put your sister up there and sell her. I find this offessive and you just leave it there even after I complain. Please take the ofensive daing advertising off the facebook. Don't sell women and don't make money off them. Its to bad we live in this type of society. Its to bad we live in a society were you make money off of other people. Where is the human decentcy?
Comment by Ronald Alexander — January 24, 2010 @ 1:32 pm
Hi All. I have been banned from facebook for no reason that Facebook could explain to me. I have been on facebook only since Nov 10 , 2009 and was recently banned. When I asked as to why, the response was to recite a rule and not a reason. This response was not untill over a week later. I have been searching for some way to complain to the proper authority but do not know who the proper authority is, or how to contact them. Can anyone help me? I can be reached at kcgreencorn@live.ca if anyone has some information which may assist me.
Comment by Ken Greencorn — January 28, 2010 @ 5:47 am
I want my account on face completley closed out not just deactivated so someone else can come on i want my information off of face book and completely deleted not just deactivated, close my accont or i will call the bbb.
Comment by stacy mitchell — March 22, 2010 @ 8:40 pm
I created a facebook for my dog and in order to do that, he had to be enrolled in a school. 'rolls eyes' he can't do that…duh! He's a dog! So I put in a random highschool. So some snoop found out that he isn't enrolled in that highschool and cut off his account for "Safety Purposes"
UGH! Now I don't know who to contact. Does anyone else know?
Comment by KiKi Lawson — April 3, 2010 @ 11:34 am
Dear Face Book team ,
My Account hasbeen suspended , Kindly tell me wat is the offence i have made , This very unfair, kindy advice me
kumara
Comment by Kumara — July 1, 2010 @ 8:35 pm
call home it's urgent
Comment by krogers — June 29, 2011 @ 7:48 pm