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Congressmen Call For FTC To Look Into Google Buzz—And AdMob Deal Too

Mar 29, 2010 8:19 PM

Nearly two months after Google’s rocky introduction of ‘Buzz,’ the sharing service remains under fire from privacy advocates; eleven congressmen have written a letter to the chairman of the FTC urging the agency to investigate complaints about the service—and, perhaps more ominously for Google (NSDQ: GOOG), also look into the…

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Posted In: Social Media, Nanopublishing, News Sharing, Photo Sharing, Companies, Google, buzz, ftc

Google Gets The Facebook Treatment: Privacy Group Files FTC Complaint Over Buzz

Feb 16, 2010 6:32 PM

Despite making significant changes to its Buzz social networking service (and apologizing), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) still can’t shake the ire of privacy critics. The Electronic Privacy Information Center Electronic Frontier Foundation has now filed a complaint with the FTC over Buzz, asking the FTC to step in and require Google…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Social Media, Community, Companies, Facebook, Google, buzz

Responding To Outcry, Google Tweaks Buzz Again

Feb 15, 2010 1:00 AM

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is now working full-force to counteract the privacy backlash that has followed the release of Buzz. Over the weekend the company made even more tweaks to the social networking service. Google says it has turned off an “auto-follow” feature, so that users will now have to manually…

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Despite Criticism, Google Won’t Separate Buzz From Gmail

Feb 12, 2010 6:00 PM

In its four days of existence, Google’s Buzz has come under attack for exposing information about user’s Gmail contacts on the web. But while the company is taking steps to fix privacy loopholes, it is not going to separate Gmail from Buzz, contrary to an earlier report on Search Engine…

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Google Tries To Get Social With ‘Buzz’

Feb 9, 2010 1:02 PM

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is trying once again to make a social play with the introduction of a new service that makes it easy for users of its products to post and share updates online. A new tab in Gmail, called ‘Buzz,’ which will roll out over the next several days,…

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