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• On Facebook and Privacy

  October 21, 2010

  A Wall Street Journal story recently accused Facebook Inc. of violating the privacy of its millions of users, "transmitting identifying information" to advertising firms and Internet tracking companies. Was this business as usual for Mark Zuckerberg, a tempest in a tea pot, a fact of life in a world where privacy has become a rare commodity, or something that Facebook needs to address sooner rather than later? In this article, four Harvard Business School faculty members offer their perspectives.