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Is Facebook's 'Like' Button Spying on You?

Is Facebook's 'Like' Button Spying on You?

The Facebook "Like" and Twitter "Tweet" buttons that appear on so many websites do a lot more than just help you share content with friends.

 

Facebook to let advertisers republish user posts

Facebook users who check in to a store or click the "like" button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends' pages as a "Sponsored Story" paid for by advertisers....

 

Sites in Like, Not Love, With Facebook Link

Facebook's "Like" button is popping up on e-commerce sites, but these Web companies are giving access to some of their users' data to the social-networking giant.

Senh: This article does mention some stats on referral traffic from Facebook for sites using their social plugins, even though most of them are in the "we don't have enough info yet" variety.

 

Senators see privacy problem in Facebook expansion

Senators see privacy problem in Facebook expansion

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....

 

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