Facebook's privacy problems worsen as US Senators weigh in
Following concerns about the privacy of Facebook users being in jeopardy with the changing of the social media network's privacy policy, American Senators have contacted Mark Zukerberg, chief executive to protest.
The site recently changed its setting which now allows third parties to save information about users and friends through the site, while other personal information can be viewed by non-connected members, it has been revealed.
Senators Charles Schumer, Michael Bennet, Mark Begich and Al Franken have written to Zuckerberg to object to users city, hometown, likes, interest and friends being publicly available, having previously only been visible to friends.
The change follows the development of a ‘like’ button which can be added to external websites and feeds into a user’s Facebook profile.
The Senators have also said that it is like that the Federal Trade Commission will review the issue.
Facebook vice president Elliot Schrage replied to the letter, saying: "These new products and features are designed to enhance personalisation and promote social activity across the Internet while continuing to give users unprecedented control over what information they share."
Earlier today it was revealed that following the addition of the API Graph system by Facebook in the last week, user’s planned events could be viewed by unconnected Facebook users.
The problems were discovered by Software engineer Ka-Ping Yee who demonstrated the problem by accessing and posting on his blog site, the events that Zukerberg had agreed to attend through the site.