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Re: Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Teresa Valdez Klein — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:07:59 -0000

Valleywag is a rag, we all know it. I'm not entirely certain why you're giving them such credence.

Do we have ANY evidence that this woman's profile was changed?

Re: Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Bob — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:29:26 -0000

To Rodney's point - Facebook has a Chief Privacy Officer, but he hasn't done anything to improve their Security and Privacy policies since Nick quoted my story a month ago. Here is the story, it breaks out their privacy and security polciies and compares them to other popular sites like MySpace, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft...you decide:

http://jobmatchbox.com/2007/09/22/why-i-stopped...

Re: Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Joe Grossberg — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:08:06 -0000

If (a big "if") the VW rumors and follow-up are substantiated, this is definitely newsworthy: Facebook deleting someone's account for publicly criticizing them.

If they delete your profile for talking about the VW vs. Facebook spat, that is flat-out ridiculous.

Re: Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Nick O'Neill — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:38:53 -0000

Additionally, if they really have this policy in place why doesn't Facebook make a statement on it? Their current privacy policy makes no suggestion that they restrict access.

For more, read this article:
http://jobmatchbox.com/2007/09/22/why-i-stopped...

Re: Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Nick O'Neill — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:36:33 -0000

Would modifying the title to say "Rumor" make this legitimate? Facebook has said that any malicious actions by employees will be reprimanded and appropriate actions will be taken. All I did was link to their article. ... I'll switch the title to say "Rumor:" but aside from that I'm using Valleywag as the source.

The majority of people reading this blog know that Valleywag is a rumor mill.

Re: Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Rodney_Rumford — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:33:02 -0000

Nick,
Chill buddy. This is thin ice you are walking on my friend. Don't follow Valleywag down the toliet.

I am sure they have a security policy and officer.

Re: Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Nick O'Neill — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:48:26 -0000

Whether or not they are modifying the profiles, it has long been known that Facebook employees have access to their database. This is the real problem here.

Re: Rumor: Facebook Employees Are Modifying User Profiles

Chris Kennedy — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:46:02 -0000

This is a rumor and has not been substantiated - don't you think your title is a little too certain? The story reported in the linked article isn't even believable (imo).