Proposed Facebook Settlement

A copy of the Federal Trade Commission's proposed settlement with Facebook, Inc. can be found here.  Under the terms of the agreement, Facebook is required to refrain from misrepresenting its privacy practices, to notify users when their data is disclosed to third parties, to increase security of user information, and to implement a privacy program.  I'm guessing that George Orwell never thought that  Big Brother would be a twenty-something college dropout.  The news coverage of the settlement does evidence the metoric rise of Facebook and social networking in general.

--Eric C. Chaffee