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Zuckerberg: Now Share Your Organs with Facebook Friends

The Register: It sounds like a joke, but Facebook really does have a new organ donation feature. The social network now allows users to add their organ donation status to their Timelines. It also now includes links that make it easy to sign up as an organ donor. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the new […]

May 1, 2012
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The Register: It sounds like a joke, but Facebook really does have a new organ donation feature. The social network now allows users to add their organ donation status to their Timelines. It also now includes links that make it easy to sign up as an organ donor.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the new feature “a life-saving initiative” and said, “By simply telling people that you’re an organ donor, the power of sharing and connection can play an important role.”

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