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===Career=== |
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Kelly began his career as a clerk for federal judge [[Barry Ted Moskowitz|Barry Moskowitz]] for a year. He then began working as a policy advisor for the [[United States Domestic Policy Council]] and [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] during the Clinton administration, where his work included involvement in the formation of [[AmeriCorps]]. Kelly worked in private practice with the firms [[Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati]] and [[Baker & McKenzie]], and created the chief privacy officer position at Kendara, [[@Home Network|Excite@Home]], and Spoke Software prior to joining [[Facebook]] in September 2005. He left Facebook in March 2010.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/chriskelly Chris Kelly Facebook page]</ref> |
Kelly began his career as a clerk for federal judge [[Barry Ted Moskowitz|Barry Moskowitz]] for a year. He then began working as a policy advisor for the [[United States Domestic Policy Council]] and [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] during the Clinton administration, where his work included involvement in the formation of [[AmeriCorps]]. Kelly worked in private practice with the firms [[Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati]] and [[Baker & McKenzie]], and created the chief privacy officer position at Kendara, [[@Home Network|Excite@Home]], and Spoke Software prior to joining [[Facebook]] in September 2005. He left Facebook in March 2010.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/chriskelly Chris Kelly Facebook page]</ref> |
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==== Facebook Privacy ==== |
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At Facebook, Kelly's portfolio included, primarily, protecting the privacy of its users.<ref name="Crunchbase">[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/chris-kelly CrunchBase Profile]</ref> From 2005-2010, access for commercial and other public uses of private data expanded dramatically.<ref>[http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/ The Evolution of Facebook Privacy]</ref> |
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During Kelly's tenure at Facebook, the controversial [[Facebook Beacon]] program was launched. '''Beacon''' was a part of [[Facebook]]'s advertisement system that sent data from external [[website]]s to Facebook, ostensibly for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements and allowing users to share their activities with their friends. Certain activities on partner sites were published to a user's [[Facebook features#News Feed|News Feed]]. Beacon was launched on November 6, 2007 with 44 partner websites.<ref>{{cite news | title=Leading Websites Offer Facebook Beacon for Social Distribution | date= 2007-11-06 | work = Facebook Press Room | url =http://www.facebook.com/press/releases.php?p=9166 | accessdate = 2007-12-03 | language = }}</ref> The controversial service, which became the target of a class action lawsuit, was shut down in September 2009. |
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In 2010, privacy experts were concerned when Facebook greatly expanded public access to data.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1990582,00.html How Facebook Is Redefining Privacy]</ref> Many users are considering quitting Facebook over the privacy issues.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7741315/More-than-half-of-Facebook-users-could-quit-the-site-over-privacy-worries.html]</ref> Under the new system, Facebook asked users to opt out of being "connected" to pages for their interests.<ref name="FB blog post">[http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=382978412130 Connecting to everything you care about]</ref> If the user chooses not to opt-in, the interests are removed from their public profile.<ref name="FB blog post"></ref> Also in the new system is the ability for corporations to add applications to user profiles without the users consent. <ref>[http://www.macworld.com/article/151087/2010/05/facebook_addingapps.html Facebook's new features secretly add apps to your profile]</ref> While Kelly distanced himself from the policy,<ref name="FT">[http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2010/04/facebooks-former-privacy-officer-talks-tough/ Former Facebook privacy officer talks tough]</ref> he was working at Facebook while the privacy policy was being crafted.<ref>[http://vimeo.com/11061627 OBS News: Chris Kelly]</ref> Kelly has stated that as California Attorney General, he would crack down on privacy violations, including those of Facebook.<ref name="FT"></ref> |
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==== Sex Offenders ==== |
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Kelly was also responsible for exposing minors to sex offenders while at Facebook. During a secret investigation, investigators from the New York Attorney General's office posted fake Facebook profiles for underage teens. Both profiles were soon contacted by older men soliciting sex without being interfered with by Facebook authorities.<ref name="Telegraph">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1566406/Facebook-takes-steps-to-tackle-paedophiles.html Facebook takes steps to tackle paedophiles]</ref> New York Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]] subpoenaed Facebook's records<ref>[http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/nys/nycfacebook92407ltr.html Offender subpoena]</ref> before Facebook eventually agreed to take action to prevent sex offenders from using the social network site to contact potential victims. |
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Facebook ultimately began cooperating with the efforts of the states to protect minors from potential offenders, an effort that Kelly managed. <ref name="Telegraph"></ref> Under the new system, Kelly's Facebook legal team agreed to purge registered sex offenders and actively police their network. In early 2009, the [[Associated Press]] reported that Facebook had purged more than 5,500 sex offenders from Facebook.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10168255-36.html Report: 5,585 sex offenders purged from Facebook]</ref>. In December 2009, over 3500 sex offenders in the state of [[New York]] were purged from Facebook.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/thousands-of-sex-offenders-booted-from-facebook-myspace/ Thousands of Sex Offenders Booted from Facebook, Myspace]</ref> However, in March 2010, the subject attracted more attention after a known sex offender in the [[United Kingdom]] admitted to using Facebook and other social networks to kidnap and murder a teenage girl. <ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/peter-chapman-admits-usin_n_489674.html Serial Sex Offender Admits Using Facebook To Rape And Murder Teen]</ref> |
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Kelly has actively promoted the Electronic Securing and Targeting of Online Predators Act (“E-STOP”) as a means to reduce the use of social networks as a tool for sex offenders.<ref>[http://www.kelly2010.com/blog/predators AG CANDIDATE AND FORMER FACEBOOK CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER CHRIS KELLY PRAISES INCREASED SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ONLINE PREDATORS]</ref> |
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==Attorney General electoral bid== |
==Attorney General electoral bid== |
Revision as of 20:16, 28 May 2010
Chris Kelly (b. August 18) is an American entrepreneur, politician, and lawyer. Until March 16, 2010, he was the Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook. Chris Kelly is a member of the Democratic Party and is running for Attorney General of California in the 2010 election.
Biography
Early life and education
Kelly grew up in Santa Ana and San Jose, California, where he graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in 1987. He earned a BA from Georgetown in 1991, a master's degree in political theory from Yale in 1992, and a law degree from Harvard in 1997.
Career
Kelly began his career as a clerk for federal judge Barry Moskowitz for a year. He then began working as a policy advisor for the United States Domestic Policy Council and Department of Education during the Clinton administration, where his work included involvement in the formation of AmeriCorps. Kelly worked in private practice with the firms Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Baker & McKenzie, and created the chief privacy officer position at Kendara, Excite@Home, and Spoke Software prior to joining Facebook in September 2005. He left Facebook in March 2010.[1]
Attorney General electoral bid
On April 20, 2009, Chris Kelly announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the office of the Attorney General of California.[2]
Kelly has donated nearly $10 million to his campaign,[3] more than the rest of the six Democratic candidates have raised combined.[4] Kelly accused the other candidates of having special interest conflicts because they could not finance their own campaigns, while he was called a "mini-Meg" for the similarities to Republican candidate for California Governor Meg Whitman.[4] A complaint filed with the California Fair Political Practices Commission alleges that Chris Kelly violated ethics laws by not properly disclosing a $100,000 loan from a private equity firm.[5]
Marriage and children
Kelly is married to Jennifer Carrico, an entrepreneur and former prosecutor. The couple has a son, Aidan.
References
- ^ Chris Kelly Facebook page
- ^ Marinucci, Carla (2009-04-30). "Facebook executive Chris Kelly makes his candidacy for attorney general official". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ New donation means Chris Kelly has forked out nearly $10 million for AG campaign
- ^ a b Attorney General Candidate Spending Big Bucks On Race
- ^ Sanders, Jim (2009-05-25). "Kelly's nearly $10 million donation sparks FPPC complaint". Sacramento Bee.
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