Facebook PR Mess
Posted in Articles on May 12 2011Apparently Facebook hired a PR Agency to plant stories in the press that would discredit Google. In particular, according to various sources, Facebook was trying to make Google's stance on privacy look bad.
Interesting story for sure. I suppose this is a type of modern-day corporate espionage; rather than stealing information, ideas, or technology, Facebook is trying to reduce Google's market value.
At the same time, you have to think that one of the potential outcomes of any kind of privacy related PR is that the public is going to be more aware of privacy issues in general. This could really backfire on Facebook, as they already have someone of a tarnished history with respect to privacy (anyone remember Beacon?).
Published May 12 2011 - Permalink
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