Twitter Helps Users Protect Privacy, Supports 'Do Not Track'

Following Yahoo and AOL’s lead (and Google’s quasi-lead), Twitter confirmed a Federal Trade Commission announcement that it will honor Do Not Track notifications. In doing so, Twitter has taken a big step toward helping users take control of what information is shared about them – and about their activity – online.

As The New York Times reports, Ed Felten, chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission, announced Twitter’s involvement in the privacy feature at a New York Internet

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