Facebook Confesses to Anti-Google Smear Campaign
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Facebook Confesses to Anti-Google Smear Campaign
Today we bring you another piece of news that isn't directly Android related, but it is Google related, and you should hear about it. Facebook recently admitted to hiring a PR firm to specifically write articles with an agenda to smear Google by claiming that Google was violating users' privacy. Here's a quote from The Daily Beast article explaining how it came to light:
For the past few days, a mystery has been unfolding in Silicon Valley. Somebody, it seems, hired Burson-Marsteller, a top public-relations firm, to pitch anti-Google stories to newspapers, urging them to investigate claims that Google was invading people’s privacy. Burson even offered to help an influential blogger write a Google-bashing op-ed, which it promised it could place in outlets like The Washington Post, Politico, and The Huffington Post.
And, here is a quote that details how Facebook was implicated and why:
The plot backfired when the blogger turned down Burson’s offer and posted the emails that Burson had sent him. It got worse when USA Today broke a story accusing Burson of spreading a “whisper campaign” about Google “on behalf of an unnamed client.”
But who was the mysterious unnamed client? While fingers pointed at Apple and Microsoft, The Daily Beast discovered that it's a company nobody suspected—Facebook.
Confronted with evidence, a Facebook spokesman last night confirmed that Facebook hired Burson, citing two reasons: First, because it believes Google is doing some things in social networking that raise privacy concerns; second, and perhaps more important, because Facebook resents Google’s attempts to use Facebook data in its own social-networking service.
This is quite a shock to say the least. We all know that big corporations war with one another, but this seems like something out of a bad "Disney" movie. Facebook is acting like a spoiled child that can't have its way. It'll be interesting to see how the fallout shakes down from the backlash of this news.
Source: Engadget and The Daily Beast
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One more reason google should build something to compete with Facebook/Myspace..
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Super Moderator/RS
Awe the two younger siblings fighting again?
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Rescue Squad
When your @ the top, people are always going to hate on you
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Super Moderator
Funny story. Seems like Facebook thinks they're untouchable.
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Android Lurker
I saw a cartoon recently where an old guy was sitting in a chair and saying on the phone, "I'm just waiting for Facebook to go anyway..." and I thought, Hey that's me.
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Rescue Squad
News Flash " Facebook Fails to Stab Google in the Back, Shoots Self in Foot"
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Android Junkie
LOL. Nice one, Quick.
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