Facebook adding “likes” on users’ behalf - reportOctober 5, 2012 - 21:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook is adding 'likes' to pages on behalf of its users when a URL is shared via private message, research suggests, according to Digital Spy. A U.S. security expert discovered that sending a web address to a friend automatically adds two likes to that page, suggesting that the social network is scanning private messages. Adding a comment to a story within Facebook also adds to the tally, regardless of whether the written remark is positive or negative. Facebook has responded to the report's findings and issued a statement denying that privacy information has been exposed. "Absolutely no private information has been exposed," they told TechRadar in a statement. "Each time a person Shares a URL to Facebook, including through messages, the number of Shares displayed on the social plugin for that website increases. "Our systems parse the URL being shared in order to render the appropriate preview, and to also ensure that the message is not spam. "These counts do not affect the privacy settings of content, and URLs shared through private messages are not attributed publicly with user profiles." Although Facebook also stressed that the addition likes are anonymous and will not appear on users' timelines, critics have pointed out that people who share pages to highlight negative content are making the site appear more popular. The revelation follows Facebook's announcement that it now reached 1 billion users worldwide. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |