Nisha Chittal gets answers on Skynet Facebook:
If you’ve considered deleting your Facebook account within the last 30 days, you’re far from alone. Consumer backlash to Facebook’s recent privacy policy changes has grown so rapidly that Facebook called an all-hands meeting this week to discuss privacy issues.
Marc Rotenberg, however, doesn’t want you to boycott Facebook. Rotenberg is the executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a leading online privacy advocacy group. Earlier this month, EPIC, along with a handful of other consumer groups, filed a complaint with the FTC against Facebook, prompted by Facebook’s shifting privacy policies and users’ loss of control of their information on the social networking site.
EPIC’s aim is to have the FTC establish privacy regulations that online social networking sites must follow. Starting with Facebook (which EPIC considers the biggest privacy offender) and then moving on to other networks, EPIC wants the FTC to take action to help individuals regain their privacy on the social web.
