Facebook's Lobbyist Once Pushed For Stricter EMR

Facebook's new lobbyist used to be one of the company's most formidable adversaries. Timothy Sparapani was the former senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. He used to argue that Internet companies had too much control over consumers' data! However, the self-described "privacy zealot" joined Facebook seven months ago.

Now Sparapani is responsible for shaping Washington's view of Facebook, the world's third-most-viewed website and the privacy policies that will define its business.

Sparapani has earned a reputation as a tenacious champion of consumers' privacy rights. At the ACLU, he fought against racial profiling in airport security lines and pushed for stricter rules for how patient information should be used in electronic medical records.

Let's see how this shapes social media networks!