[telecom] With privacy battle brewing, Facebook won't update policy right away

Sep 07, 2013 0 Replies

With privacy battle brewing, Facebook won't update policy right away



By Jessica Guynn September 5, 2013



SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook will not roll out controversial changes to its policies until next week, the giant social network said Thursday.



Six consumer watchdog groups have asked the Federal Trade Commission to block the changes that they say would make it far easier for the company to use the names, images and personal information of its nearly 1.2 billion users -- including teens -- to endorse products in ads without their consent.



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