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Users Give Facebook's Privacy Changes a Thumbs Down

pcworld.com (11 months and 14 days ago)

Jun 8, 2012

Voting on Facebook's proposed changes to its privacy policy concluded Friday morning Pacific time, with voters delivering a strong rebuke of the proposed changes... full story

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Users Give Facebook's Privacy Changes a Thumbs Down

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