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MoveOn.org and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are both campaigning against new modifications at Facebook that once again change the policies that govern users' privacy.

Originally posted at The Social

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Our topic this week: Facebook and privacy. At the F8 conference on April 21, Facebook rolled out privacy changes and new data sharing features. As usually happens when Facebook makes a privacy change, there was a swift and mighty backlash against them. But this time, even the federal government is getting involved--four senators sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking the company to roll back some of the new features.

Do the words Facebook and privacy even belong together anymore? What is going on at the world's largest social network?

To discuss, our guests today are two people who have studied the company in depth. First, in the studio, Declan McCullagh, our politics and policies reporter. And joining us in from Washington DC, Kara Swisher from All Things Digital and co-producer of the D8 conference with WSJ's Walt Mossberg. Thanks for joining us!

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Show notes and talking points

What did Facebook announce at F8?

What's the problem? Is there a real danger?

Who owns the data?

What is the accepted (not actual) privacy that users expect of FB?

Is there a geographic or generational difference in tolerance

What about people who complain that FB seems to be watching them on other sites? (Yelp etc)

I guess one of the issues is unreadable and constantly-changing TOS agreements and instructions. Is this intentional?

Let's review: Beacon. What was that about?

Why is this data so important to FB? (How does the company monetize the social graph?)

Under what guise would the govt get more involved

Is regulation the answer, or openness?

Declan, you wrote, Why no one cares about privacy anymore. Please expand

Kara: You know Zuckerberg. Does he understand why ppl are upset?

He'll be at your D8 conference. What do you expect from him?

Lessons FB could learn from other companies? Google?

Do we now have to trust app vendors w/ our FB data

Location privacy?

Future

Wrap-up
Next time: Ethics and online journalism, with CNET editor-in-chief Scott Ard, and the Poynter Institute's Kelly McBride. E-mail comments to roundtable@cnet.com, and get all the show notes as well as replays and downloads of the podcast on the blog. Watch my Twitter feed (@Rafe) for updates.

Originally posted at Reporters' Roundtable Podcast

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In interview, Windows VP Tami Reller says there is strong consumer and business demand for Windows 7 and says that Microsoft is finally gaining on Apple.

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An e-mail from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, if authentic, could be the start of a patent offensive against open-source video codecs such as Ogg Theora.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

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Azim Premji, billionaire chairman of Wipro, says he plans to give the bulk of his wealth to charitable causes.

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Google's newest browser test release enables geolocation, which can allow a Web site to find out where in the physical world you are.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

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Browser add-on Xmarks introduces a major new synchronization feature for its multiple browser plug-ins that lets users sync open tabs across multiple browsers and computers.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

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Google has prevailed in another lawsuit over its policy of allowing advertisers that don't own certain trademarks to purchase AdWords ads generated by those trademarks.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

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Get schooled by CNET editor Jasmine France. This week: the art of finding love on Facebook.

Originally posted at MP3 Insider

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Opera's few minor tweaks for its big-deal iPhone app could leave users cold, especially in light of Skyfire's new mobile browser advances.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

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