The Federal Trade Commission is examining Facebook's proposed new privacy policy, which has rankled privacy activists who contend it allows users to be inserted into advertisements without their consent.
The FTC's review is not an inquiry, but part of a regular monitoring program set in place after a 2011 settlement with Facebook, an agency spokesman said Wednesday.
The social networking site proposed updates in August to its policies that explain how people's content is used in advertisements for which they receive no compensation. Facebook contends the change merely clarifies language that already allowed such use.
As a result, six privacy groups complained to the FTC in a Sept. 4 letter, saying the changes to its Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities violate the 2011 settlement.
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