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Daily Dashboard | Facebook Unveils Location Feature, Goes on Offense in DC Related reading: UK Parliament committee to review EU-UK adequacy agreement

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Facebook has announced a new find-a-friend feature, Nearby Friends, which allows users to see which opted-in friends are in their area, as Politico reports on the company’s new strategy in Washington, DC. Before announcing the feature publicly, Facebook representatives went to Capitol Hill to speak with privacy hawks including Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Joe Barton (R-TX). A Facebook spokeswoman said, “We want people to understand how our service works and what we’re doing to protect the people who use Facebook, so we meet regularly—as we did in this case—with policy-makers, regulators and other interested parties to keep them updated.” The Center for Democracy & Technology’s Justin Brookman said, “They’ve done a pretty good job of saying, ‘Here are some things we’re thinking about,’ and actually taking feedback, too.”
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