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Zuckerberg: I Apologize

Dec 5, 2007 2:26 PM

Really. Here. Also, Facebook is now releasing a privacy control to turn off Beacon completely. “If you select that you don’t want to share some Beacon actions or if you turn off Beacon, then Facebook won’t store those actions even when partners send them to Facebook.” Before this, it would…

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Posted In: Companies, Facebook, beacon, mark zuckerberg

Correction on Coca-Cola & Facebook: Relationship Not On Hold; Not In Beacon To Begin With

Dec 3, 2007 4:23 PM

So a correction on a post this weekend about Coca-Cola’s participation in Facebook’s controversial Beacon ad program, and from the NYT’s understanding of what Coke said, and then our interpretation of what they wrote. A Coca-Cola spokesperson said the underlying premise was wrong and clarified some details: —Coca-Cola hasn’t put…

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Posted In: Advertising, Companies, Facebook, beacon, coca-cola

Facebook Overhauls Controversial ‘Beacon’ Ad System; Users To Get More Control

Nov 29, 2007 11:37 PM

Once again, Facebook is refining a controversial program that overstepped privacy bounds and drew negative reaction from tens of thousands of users. The social net provided opt-outs for ‘Beacon’ a program that turned users who shopped at certain outlets or used certain services into barkers, but the ways to avoid…

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Posted In: Advertising, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, beacon

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