Image via CrunchBaseFacebook has just admitted that it was attempting to spreading rumors against its rival company, Google, for criticism over their privacy practices. A public-relations firm, Burson-Marsteller, had attempted several times to make USA Today and other media outlets to publish their written stories which speak low of Google's Social Circle, which is a feature of Gmail claimed to be violating the privacy of its users. This story against Google was being insisted be published by the former CNBC news anchor, Jim Goldman, and former political columnist, John Mercurio, who are both the employees of Burson-Marsteller. This sotry was so critical that it went on asserting that Social Circle is also in dilatation of the terms of Federal Trade Commission regulations.
Mercurio was actually the one who approached a former FTC Researcher, Christopher Soghoian, to publish this highly opinionated article under his own name. Whike USA Today also came forward and informed regarding Goldman, who appraoced them to write a story criticizing the practices of Google Inc.
