Facebook tracking tool sparks protests
Facebook, the college friend-finder Web site that competes with News Corp.’s MySpace.com, is encountering rising opposition from its members to new features that track changes made to profile pages.
The number of members who have joined “Students Against Facebook News Feed” doubled to more than 500,000 within one day. The group was created Tuesday to protest tools that automatically alert a member’s contacts to any alterations made to their personal Facebook site, such as adding pictures.
-- Bloomberg News