Social Media: How Facebook Polices Your Friendships - Small Business Computing

Social Media: How Facebook Polices Your Friendships

Written By
Mike Elgan
Mike Elgan
Feb 18, 2011
1 minute read

It seems that hardly a week goes by without a story in the news about a Facebook policy that threatens privacy rights as Americans have come to know them. Add this one to the list. Facebook just started using a new way to determine whose updates you’ll see in your News Feed, and it’s all based on a super hush-hush criteria.

Our sister site, Datamation.com, explains the details and shows you what you can do to exert control.




Read the complete article: How Facebook Secretly Ends Your Relationships

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