LinkedIn changes social ads in response to gripes
After a few days of heavy criticism for its new "social ads" that use information from users' profiles in the ads, LinkedIn stressed that it doesn't share personal information with third-party advertisers. It is, however, planning to back off from some of the more aggressive features of social ads.
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