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President Obama Signs Bill Allowing Netflix Use Sharing Via Facebook Into Law

David Cohen — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:58:12 +0000

Facebook users may soon be seeing a lot of Netflix in their news feeds, as President Barack Obama signed into law a bill approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives to alter the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1998.

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Senate Approves Act To Let Netflix Share U.S. Data With Facebook

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:30:02 +0000

Not long after the U.S. House of Representatives approved changes to a bill that would let video-rental services such as Netflix share viewer data (with their consent) to sites such as Facebook, the Senate gave its blessing, too. This means that soon, Netflix users will be able to share their movie histories with Facebook, much like music listeners do through applications such as SoundCloud, Songza, and Spotify.

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Possibly Coming Soon To Facebook: Netflix

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:48:14 +0000

Soon, Facebook users may be able to share information about what they’ve seen on Netflix. After a Vermont legislator filed an amendment Wednesday to a 1988 law, data about what movies are being watched can be shared, if the changes are approved.

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Why Americans Can't Really Use Netflix's Facebook App

David Cohen — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:03:34 +0000

Unfortunately for Americans who’ve been clamoring for the ability to use all of the features in Netflix’s Facebook application, the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 still hasn’t been updated.

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