Ten Privacy Groups File FTC Complaint Against Facebook for Recent Privacy Changes

In the latest move by privacy advocates against Facebook’s recently revised privacy settings, ten groups have filed a complaint against Facebook with the Federal Trade Commission. The complaint says that recent changes, which we’ve covered in detail, “violate user expectations, diminish user privacy, and contradict Facebook’s own representations.”

The complaint was led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Other signees include the American Library Association, the Center for Digital Democracy, the Consumer Federation of Privacy Rights, Privacy Activism, the Privacy Rights Now Coalition, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and the U.S.

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