Facebook would not officially comment, but in general seems willing to allow behaviors that fall within its terms of use for users sharing information about themselves.
But Tom Rafferty of the Economist Intelligence Unit told the BBC the issue was unlikely to be just "a passing glitch", and said that such practices could pose technical and political challenges to Tencent because international users were accustomed to sharing information freely.
Once that is done, users are often very open sharing their information.
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Mr O'Reilly is something of a technology guru himself and is widely credited with coining the term Web 2.0 to capture the trend towards greater creativity, information sharing and collaboration among internet users.
While some internet users are careful to project themselves online in a way that suits specific audiences, other internet users embrace an open approach to sharing information about themselves and do not take steps to restrict what they share.
The reason that Facebook has thrived as a company and attracted 500 million users is that people like the idea of sharing information and being connected to one another, even if it means having less privacy.
Remember all that information that Facebook's 500m users are sharing is locked behind Facebook's wall out of the reach of Google's spiders and search smarts.
Once installed on a phone, home takes over the lock screen and main display turning it into a live feed of information, notifications and images Facebook users are sharing.
Users so far have forgiven Facebook when it went too far in sharing information.
The bill opens the way for government agencies and the private sector to share information about cyberattack threats, but critics say it lacks protections to preserve the privacy of users and gives companies immunity for repercussions that might come as a result of sharing information.
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