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Yesterday, to discuss its privacy policies. That's because they are facing a brewing revolt among Facebook users alarmed by the company's, ahem, cavalier attitude toward protecting your privacy.

In recent months, Facebook has rolled out some very privacy-unfriendly practices, from the "privacy transition" that took away privacy controls to "instant personalization" that instantly shares your personal information with third party pages without your consent.

At every step, we've worked to get word of these changes out, and pushed back, because at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, we believe Facebook users deserve control over their personal information.

Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has claimed that "the default is social." But to Facebook, "social" seems to mean making your personal information public to the entire world.

Tens of thousands have signed an making clear that people need the ability to control who they share information with.

And we're not the only ones criticizing Facebook for and its response to the public outcry. Even and are getting in on the act. In fact, plans for and , and an effort to build was featured in The New York Times and has since garnered to support its efforts.

Now, $120,000 might be chump change to the , but if these cries of revolt continue and users continue to jump ship, chump change might be all Facebook has left.

So let's hope Facebook is ready to listen. We like being social — but we want to choose how and with whom our personal information is shared. If Facebook wants us to trust it, it needs to take this opportunity and recommit itself to the principle that users have control over their own information.

Now is the time to send this message loud and clear. If you haven't already, sign our Facebook petition and