Facebook and other Internet sites have joined forces to oppose the Social Networking Privacy Act, pending California legislation that would require them to change the way they handle user privacy online. Facebook, Google, Twitter, Skype, Match.com, eHarmony and Yahoo are among the companies that signed an open letter to the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Ellen Corbett. Meanwhile, Microsoft has further integrated its Bing search engine with Facebook. The hookup will allow Bing to deliver pages “liked” by a user’s friends.
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Facebook Spearheads Resistance to Tough California Privacy Bill
Posted by: Rob Spiegel May 17, 2011 12:42 PMFacebook and other Internet sites have joined forces to oppose the Social Networking Privacy Act, pending California legislation that would require them to change the way they handle user privacy online. Facebook, Google, Twitter, Skype, Match.com, eHarmony and Yahoo are among the companies that signed an open letter to the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Ellen Corbett. Meanwhile, Microsoft has further integrated its Bing search engine with Facebook. The hookup will allow Bing to deliver pages “liked” by a user’s friends.