{"id":115830,"date":"2009-12-30T12:59:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T17:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2009\/12\/30\/facebook-hires-team-to-lobby-governments-on-privacy-issues.html"},"modified":"2009-12-30T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T17:59:25","slug":"facebook-hires-team-to-lobby-governments-on-privacy-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/115830","title":{"rendered":"Facebook hires team to lobby governments on privacy issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/facebook\/6904309\/Facebook-hires-team-to-lobby-governments-on-privacy-issues.html\">London Telegraph <\/a><br \/>\nTues<span>day, Dec 29th, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Facebook has hired a team of lobbyists to try to sway governments on its privacy regulations, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In 2009 the social networking site saw incredible<br \/>\ngrowth, going from 50 million users worldwide in January to more than<br \/>\n350 million in less than 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>However, Facebook\u2019s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, 25, has realised<br \/>\nthat the biggest difficulty is how to manage the privacy of users while<br \/>\ngrowing so fast.<\/p>\n<p>With so much personal information kept on its servers, it is coming<br \/>\nunder increasing scrutiny from governments and campaign groups.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/facebook\/6904309\/Facebook-hires-team-to-lobby-governments-on-privacy-issues.html\"><strong>Full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"crp_related\">\n<h3>Related Posts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2009\/10\/23\/facebook-labels-fall-of-the-republic-%e2%80%9cabusive%e2%80%9d-blocks-links.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Facebook Labels Fall Of The Republic \u201cAbusive,\u201d Blocks Links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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