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Twitter Enables Firefox’s “Do Not Track” Option

The New York Times is reporting that Twitter has begun acknowledging the “Do Not Track” feature of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. By doing this, Firefox users can now opt-out of all info...
Twitter Enables Firefox’s “Do Not Track” Option
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  • The New York Times is reporting that Twitter has begun acknowledging the “Do Not Track” feature of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. By doing this, Firefox users can now opt-out of all information tracking practiced by Twitter. This includes cookies and third-party tracking for behavioral advertising purposes. Internet Explorer 9 has a similar “Tracking Protection” feature, but users will have to install Mozilla’s tracking protection list to enable it.

    The announcement that Twitter would be supporting “Do Not Track” came, according to The New York Times, during a panel discussion at the Internet Week Festival in New York today. The chief technology officer of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Ed Felten, mentioned that Twitter has begun supporting the privacy initiative. Both Firefox and Twitter then acknowledged and confirmed what Felten said with tweets on their official Twitter accounts.

    Big step forward for Do Not Track & the Web- @Twitter supports DNT!
    4 hours ago via SocialEngage · powered by @socialditto
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    The Federal Trade Commission’s CTO, Ed Felten, just mentioned Twitter now supports Do Not Track. We applaud the FTC’s leadership on DNT.
    4 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto
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    The reaction to the announcement was largely positive, with plenty of jabs at Facebook for not doing the same. Check out a few of the reaction tweets below.

    I love Do Not Track. But, since @twitter voluntarily implemented it, I don’t feel the need to use it. #TrustIsATwoWayStreet
    3 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto
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    BRAVO Twitter, wonder why Facebook needs to do this http://t.co/sbOmv3s6
    14 minutes ago via Facebook · powered by @socialditto
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    http://t.co/wridn6dG yet another reason @twitter > @facebook . And why the gap is growing larger
    2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto
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    Twitter does it right (while Facebook struggles to figure out what’s right) with Do-Not-Track: http://t.co/ToqdQldz
    3 hours ago via Twitter for Mac · powered by @socialditto
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    (via The New York Times)

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