MySpace Launches Targeted Ad Program

Sep 19, 2007 By GARY GENTILE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- News Corp.'s MySpace social networking site is using personal details contained on users' profile pages and blogs to sell highly targeted advertising, the company said Tuesday.



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loblob
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Maybe it's alright to used the personal details in order to sell highly targeted advertising. As long as the information are secure and it wouldn't be use in any illegal activities. And most of all, it must have the authority of the users.

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