This is the A2SM Link Post for June 2nd through June 3rd. To see more of the bookmarks we’ve found, check out our Delicious Feed.

• Class Action Filed Against Facebook Over “Instant Personalization” – A Rhode Island lawyer has filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook over their new “Instant Personalization” program on behalf of Derrick Rose of East Providence, Rhode Island. The suit is a bit questionable as the class action published on the lawyer’s website states “Facebook is abusing personal information for private profit”, although it’s pretty clear that Facebook is not directly profiting through the Instant Personalization program.
• Facebook Looks To Stop App Spam By Verifying Developers – Last night Facebook announced that developers would now be required to verify their Facebook accounts before publishing applications to the Platform. It’s a small hurdle for developers, but it should hopefully create at least one more barrier for those who were spawning new applications and creating phantom Facebook accounts to spam users. All developers need to do is confirm their mobile phone or add a credit card to their account.
• Facebook Launches U.S. Politics Page To Track Domestic Political Activity – This morning Facebook launched a U.S. Politics Page to track the various domestic political activities taking place across the site. There are numerous political Pages throughout Facebook and the number is only increasing. This Page will serve as a hub to help users become aware of the activity of politicians, elected officials, and political campaigns.
• Facebook Launches New Resource To Educate Users On Privacy – This afternoon Facebook announced a new “Facebook and Privacy Page” which will help further educate users about privacy settings on the site. According to Facebook, this new page will serve as an ongoing resource and a venue for having discussion with the users about Facebook Privacy. The company plans on posting resources that help educate users on how to control their information on the site.
• Open URL Sharing Protocol OExchange Gets Support From Google, Microsoft, Et Al. – OExchange, a simple specification for URL-based content sharing on the Web, was introduced today by a number of online service providers and social networks. The open link-sharing protocol has gained support from Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Digg, Instapaper, StumbleUpon, Clearspring Technologies and a handful more.
• 4 Social Media Efforts to Aid the Gulf Coast – The far-reaching Gulf oil spill tragedy has left many people feeling powerless to help out. But beyond the official Deep Horizon response, pockets of non-profits and people are starting to use social media tools to organize grassroots activities throughout the Gulf region. Here’s a quick look at four tools and efforts geared towards delivering aid and cleaning up crude oil in local coastal areas.
• Philo Is Twitter + Foursquare For TV Fanatics – A new web and iPhone app [iTunes link] called PHILO makes watching TV interactive by having users “tune in” to TV programs as if they were checking in to venues on Foursquare or Gowalla, then discuss shows in a Twitter or Facebook newsfeed-like conversation stream while they’re watching.