Facebook on Monday denied that is has hired former Federal Trade Commissioner Chairman Timothy Muris as an official staffer.
"Tim Muris has not joined Facebook," the company said in a statement.
News reports earlier today suggested that Muris was hired to help defend the social networking site against privacy inquiries. Consumer groups, members of Congress, and privacy watchdogs have filed separate complaints against Facebook with the FTC regarding recent changes to the site's privacy settings.
Muris served as chairman of the FTC from 2001 to 2004. Since 2004, he has worked as an attorney at private firm O'Melveny & Myers, where he is co-chair of the firm's antitrust and competition practice. His profile is still listed on the firm's Web site.
Separately, it was revealed this weekend that Facebook board member Jim Breyer was the victim of a recent hack, which resulted in his personal Facebook account sending phishing e-mails to his friends.
Facebook blocks "malicious links from being shared and work[s] with third parties to get phishing and malware sites added to browser blacklists or taken down completely," a Facebook spokesman said in an e-mail. "Users whose accounts have been compromised are put through a remediation process, where they must take steps to re-secure their account and learn security best practices. This appears to be what happened with Jim Breyer's account."
Facebook urged users not to click on strange links "even if they've been sent by friends" and to be wary of sites that ask you to download or upgrade software.
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