Senators Want Facebook To Make "Instant Personalization" Service Opt-In

Today during a press conference, Senator Charles Schumer of New York and a number of other Democratic Senators announced that they would like Facebook to make their new “Instant Personalization” service “Opt-In” rather than “Opt-Out” by default. While the new service accounts for only a portion of Facebook’s new features, it’s appearing as though this could rapidly turn into Facebook’s second Beacon moment.

The issue surrounds Facebook’s decision to automatically share your data with select partners (currently limited to Docs.com,