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2014黄涛时文阅读(一) 这是一篇选自Economist(经济学家)1月19号有关脸谱和用户隐私的文章，希望黄桃们认真阅读！ Business Facebook and Privacy Sorry, friends 商业脸谱和用户隐私, 对不起, 朋友 The giant social network is castigated for serious privacy failings 社交网巨头因严重隐私缺陷而遭受公众谴责 FACEBOOK has been playing with fire and has got its fingers burned, again. On November 29th Americas Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached a draft settlement with the giant social network over allegations that it had misled people about its use of their personal data. 脸谱一直在玩火，而且这次它还烧伤了自己的指头。美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC)在11月29日宣布已和该社交网巨头达成初步解决方案，该方案宣称脸谱误导用户并且滥用用户个人信息。 The details of the settlement make clear that Facebook, which boasts over 800m users, betrayed its users trust. It is also notable because it appears to be part of a broader attempt by the FTC to craft a new privacy framework to deal with the swift rise of social networks in America. 这份解决方案的细节明确说明，脸谱网背叛了它所声称的八亿用户的信任。 FTC有个更大的计划，那就是构建一个新的隐私框架，以应对美国快速攀升的社交网用户。而这份解决方案似乎是FTC计划中的一部分，这也是它受到广泛关注的又一个原因。 The regulators findings come at a sensitive time for Facebook, which is said to be preparing for an initial public offering next year that could value it at around $100 billion. To clear the way for its blockbuster flotation, the firm first needs to resolve its privacy tussles with regulators in America and Europe. Hence its willingness to negotiate the settlement unveiled this week, which should be finalized at the end of December after a period for public comment. 监管者的调查结果对这个时候的脸谱网来说很敏感。据说它正在准备明年的首次招股，将使它的价值达到1000亿。为了给这次非同一般的上市计划扫清障碍，脸谱网必须首先解决与美国和欧洲监管者关于用户隐私的争端，因此这周它公开了商谈意向。经过征询公共意见后，商谈结果将在十二月底最终敲定。 Announcing the agreement, the FTC said it had found a number of cases where Facebook had made claims that were unfair and deceptive, and violated federal law. For instance, it passed on personally identifiable information to advertisers, even though it said it would not do so. And it failed to keep a promise to make photos and videos on deactivated and deleted accounts inaccessible.