Of course, I’m well aware that Facebook is not the only entity out there tracking my internet habits for its own gain. However, there are two things about Facebook that has led me to sever my relationship with it. First, the company is notorious for violating user privacy. I know of no other company that treats its users with as little respect as what it seems to show for personal data. Second, what I get out of Facebook is frankly not worth the potential downside. There’s not much that happens on Facebook that I can’t get either from my own (sadly neglected) blog or from Twitter. Unlike Google, which provides a number of highly valuable services, Facebook has always just been nothing more than a diversion. So…buh-bye.

A leading medical advisory panel recommended on Tuesday that all insurers be required to cover contraceptives for women free of charge as one of several preventive services under the new health care law.