Facebook Goes Ahead With Updates to Data Use Policy

Says language changes do not affect a change in policy

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Facebook went ahead Friday with edits to its data use policy that the social network says really changes nothing about its advertising and policy practices.

The language changes, proposed in September as a result of a class action settlement, were meant to clarify that a Facebook user's likes, pictures and comments, may be used in ads. 

Despite Facebook's insistence that the editorial changes did not constitute a change in policy, privacy advocates and some Congress members still charged the social network was pulling a fast one, requesting that Facebook allow users to opt-in or opt-out of the ads.

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