ACLU Flags Facebook on Privacy


	ACLU Flags Facebook on Privacy

blueridge

8-27-2009 9:11 PM

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privacy, facebook, social networks, internet

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and many users are minors, the majority careless

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9-10-2009 3:44 AM

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"do you have a Facebook?"
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