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Facebook Furor Is Overblown, Says CalPoly Ethicist
"It’s not clear that Facebook Inc.’s attempts to manipulate user emotion are an ethical lapse, says Patrick Lin, an associate professor in the philosophy d…
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As Facebook Grows Up, What Lies Ahead?
"Andrea Matwyshyn, a Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor, says that some drop off in teen usage is to be expected. “The shelf life of cooln…
Why Is Facebook Putting Teens at Risk?
Cross-posted from Bloomberg View. When Facebook Inc. recently lifted its restriction on public posts by teenagers, some privacy scholars applauded the move as…
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Washington House Panel Rejects Push For Passwords
"University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo, who studies emerging technologies, said companies have federal, state and common laws that protect propr…
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Facebook introduces new search tool
""People who interact socially online respond much better when they have a little time to remove or make more obscure information that is going to bec…
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The Privacy Guide to Facebook's New Graph Search
"...There are plenty of places where the law recognizes discomfort — it is a harm in its own right," Ryan Calo, an affiliate scholar for the Center fo…
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The Lawyering Behind Facebook's IPO
Today, Facebook does its IPO - initial public offering. That means it begins offering shares of its stock for public trading on a stock exchange. Non-lawyers o…
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Why German Privacy Officials Don’t Like Facebook’s “like” Button
Schleswig-Holstein is a small German state located at the very northern tip of the Federal Republic. It is home for enchanting cities such as Kiel and Lübeck, l…
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Facebook's New Privacy Tools As User Notice
Facebook previewed a new notice strategy today. Part of the proposed change is a simpler privacy policy. Meh. I, like many, am a privacy policy skeptic. I'm…
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Facebook Quiz About Facebook Quizzes
The very clever folks at the ACLU of Northern California have put out a Facebook quiz that helps users understand what quiz app developers can find out about th…
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Facebook's future: "Wall" or nothing?
In “The Great Wall of Facebook,” Wired’s Fred Vogelstein contends that Facebook and Google are approaching a “full-blown battle over the future of the Internet.…