Yet Another Facebook Story: It’s Your Face, But They Can Make An Ad With It

by David Burn on July 28, 2009

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L.A. Times tech reporter, Mark Milian, shows Facebook users the way to freedom from advertising-driven exploitation.

Social news sites Digg, Reddit and StumbleUpon all are experimenting with user-ranked ads.
Facebook is taking a different approach by sticking your mugshot directly into your friends’ sponsored posts.

Milian then offers the link to opt out of this “corporate shill,” something I just did, thanks to his heads up.

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