But this growing leniency has its limits: the share of people who would let a racist person speak publicly dropped slightly, from 61% in 1975-79 to 58% in 2010-12.
Uniphase, the networking-gear firm in San Jose, Calif., limits the share of option awards going to top executives to 5%.
"For users who joined the Buzz network, the controls for limiting the sharing of their personal information were confusing and difficult to find," the FTC added in a statement.
The F.T.C. is specifically looking into whether Google and Apple violated Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act, which says that companies with common board members must limit the sharing of information through those directors.
Because the site is free, the people behind Quartz expect it to have maximum traffic in social media streams, freed of the paywalls that provide revenue to The Economist, FT.com and WSJ.com, but which limit the sharing of information.
The panel, meeting in Strasbourg, France, also endorsed ways of tightening other privacy rules, including fines that could run to billions of euros on the biggest technology companies if they fail to adhere to rules like limiting the sharing of personal data.
In a statement, Facebook said that while it would be a challenge to do so, it planned to introduce "new technical systems that will dramatically limit the sharing of user IDs," and would continue to enforce its policies on outside applications, shutting them down when necessary.
The lists will be defined by users and limit the sharing of data only to those sites which a user is happy to see the information.
Gamers have attacked the high price, Microsoft's plan to require an internet connection at least once a day and attempts to limit the sharing of used games.
For users who joined the Buzz network, the controls for limiting the sharing of their personal information were confusing and difficult to find, the agency alleged.
