Update: PR agency confirms Facebook behind Google campaign

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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/05/report-facebook-launched-smear-campaign-against-google/1

Update by Brett Molina, USA TODAY at 12:22 p.m. ET: The PR firm behind a negative campaign against Google's Social Circle feature has confirmed it was working on behalf of social networking giant Facebook.

In a statement released Thursday, Burson-Marsteller backed away from the campaign, saying it went against the firm's policies and "should have been declined."

Here's the complete statement from Burson:

"Now that Facebook has come forward, we can confirm that we undertook an assignment for that client.

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