Monday, March 02, 2009

The White House dumps YouTube

Responding to complaints by privacy activists, the White House has quietly abandoned YouTube as the provider of the embedded videos on the president's official home page.

With the release of the latest weekly video address, the White House has shifted to a Flash-based video solution using Akamai's content delivery network. 

The White House's decision to move away from the Google-owned video sharing site will likely be met with praise by privacy activists and could mark the beginning of a real backlash in response to Google's thirst for detailed data on the browsing habits of Web surfers.

For more on this story, see below:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-10184578-46.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1

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