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“Facebook's latest privacy changes put to a vote”.
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Users have one week to vote on the proposed privacy changes to Facebook's policy, including the ability of users to vote on future privacy changes. Voting opened on Monday, and users have until Monday, December 10, at noon PST to make their opinions heard. Facebook has put up a custom voting app powered by a third-party company for this vote, and the results will be tallied by an independent auditor. In addition to a proposed end to public voting on these types of issues, Facebook wanted to change to how users control who can send them messages.
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