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InternetNews December 9, 2009	Facebook Launches Privacy Overhaul Social networking giant to require all 350 million-plus users to edit and confirm privacy controls.
InternetNews December 10, 2009	Critics Blast Facebook's Latest Privacy Overhaul Advocates warn that new privacy controls will lead to inadvertent sharing of information.
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Information Today November 12, 2015	FCC Allows Internet Companies to Keep Tracking User Activities According to The Washington Post, the Federal Communications Commission will not impose a requirement on Google, Facebook, and other internet companies that could make it more difficult to track user activities.
PC Magazine May 4, 2010 Chloe Albanesius	Consumers Haven't Learned Not to Divulge Private Info Online Despite warnings from privacy advocates to protect your personal information while online, many adults are still engaging in risky behavior via social networking sites, a new report from Consumer Reports concluded Tuesday.
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InternetNews January 11, 2010	Zuckerberg Defends Facebook's Privacy Approach The social networking phenom has come under fire for recent changes to its privacy settings. Facebook's CEO offers some insight on what it was thinking.
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BusinessWeek December 9, 2010 Sara Forden	Facebook Builds a Washington Lobbying Team The social networking site is expanding its six-person lobbying office to deal with Washington's growing interest in privacy and other Internet issues
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InternetNews April 24, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Facebook Adopting New Usage Policies Social networking site to ratify new governance policies to give users more control of their data, though some privacy advocates remain skeptical.
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