Facebook pulls new feature following ‘freak-out’

Here’s a story out on CNN and elsewhere this morning that dovetails perfectly with all that we might fear about Facebook:

“Following a period of freak-out on the Internet on Monday, Facebook appears to have pulled a controversial feature that let the social network’s users get a digital list of other Facebookers nearby. The ‘Find Friends Nearby’ feature was not accessible in a CNN test on Tuesday morning, and other media outlets, including CNET, reported that Facebook had pulled the service.” For the full story, click here.