Here's a couple of links giving some background: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/10/why-cant-i-hide-my-list-of-facebook-friends/ http://blogs.reu

Here's a couple of links giving some background: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/10/why-cant-i-hide-my-list-of-facebook-friends/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/10/why-cant-i-... http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/12/larry-bergman-overstocks-sock-puppet/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/12/larry-bergm... I can't give a good explanation of the financial aspects, but they've been trying to apply pressure to a bunch of journalists by publishing private information about them.