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Ethics expert says Facebook hasn't done enough
Poynter Institute wants higher default privacy settings
Andrea Macpherson Sep 22, 2010 11:43:51 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - It's good enough for Canada's privacy commissioner, but an ethics reporting expert at the Poynter Institute in Florida says Facebook still has a long way to go.

The commissioner has ruled Facebook has put in place measures to limit sharing personal info with third-party application developers and is now also providing users with clearer information about its privacy practices.

But Kelly McBride with the Poynter Institute argues, "Facebook has made it pretty clear their profits come from aggregating information about their users and selling that to advertisers. So they have a financial interest in information being public."

McBride wants to see Facebook's default privacy settings higher than they are so people can opt out of privacy if they wish instead of the other way around.
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