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"Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr appeared on Al Jazeera English this weekend to address questions about the dangers posed by Facebook, including privacy concerns and the recent spat of out-of-control parties organized on the social network.\nFacebook's Open Graph platform could be a huge boon for web businesses, but the privacy-related complications it brings up are little understood by Facebook users, many of whom still don't even know how to disable instant personalization or just don't bother.\nA vocal minority of users have planned a mass exodus from Facebook on May 31, but Ben points out in the video interview below that the network is still growing despite user frustration.\nBen also wrote a column on Mashable this weekend titled \"In Defense of Facebook,\" providing an alternative viewpoint to the Facebook privacy backlash that we've seen over the past few weeks. He made the same point in that article as he did on Al Jazeera (among others): \"Protecting our privacy starts with us, not Facebook.\"\nDo you agree or disagree with that statement? Let us know in the comments here, or join in on the conversation on the column.\nBen Parr Talks Facebook Privacy on Al Jazeera\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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