Tue Mar 1, 3:49 pm ET

Facebook will soon share users' phone numbers and addresses with 3rd parties

By Brett Michael Dykes

It's been a while since we've had an uproar over Facebook's handling of its users personal information, so we suppose the time is ripe.

So cue the online outrage: Facebook announced today in a letter to Congress that the social-media platform is moving forward with plans to give third parties access to user information, such as phone numbers and home addresses.