Zuckerberg On Who Owns User Data On Facebook: It’s Complicated
TechCrunch — ... . Just what is Facebook planning to do with this data, and isn’t it mine to delete if I wish. In a blog post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries to calm everyone down. ...

Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Out About New Terms of Service As Users Cry Fowl
All Facebook — ... Facebook has essentially changed their terms so they now own your content indefinitely. So what does this mean for the average user? Probably very little. Mark Zuckerberg has clarified why they updated the terms on the Facebook Blog: ...

Facebook Responds to Concerns Over Terms of Service
Mashable! — ... have prompted a rare blog post from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In the post, Zuckerberg falls short of apologizing for the changes, but rather, uses the opportunity to explain why Facebook more or less keeps your content indefinitely. ...

Zuckerberg: On Facebook, People Own and Control Their Information
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — ... “When a person shares information on Facebook, they first need to grant Facebook a license to use that information so that we can show it to the other people they’ve asked us to share it with. Without this license, we couldn’t help people share that information,”  stated Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook blog. “One of the questions about our new terms of use is whether Facebook can use this information forever. When a person shares something like a message with a friend, two copies of that information are created—one in the person’s sent ...

The Facebook uproar over privacy: Part 2,139
SiliconBeat » O’Brien — ... Founder Mark Zuckerberg made the fatal error of actually trying to have a reasonable discussion of the issues involved. In a thoughtful post on Monday, Zuckerberg explained some of the reasons behind the change. ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Official Response to Facebook’s Change in Terms of Use
The Next Web — ... about the recent change in Facebook’s terms of service which clearly stated that Facebook were able to do with as they wish with any content you uploaded to the site. This caused a great deal of controversy and concern, so much so that Facebook CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg took the time to write an official post on the matter.  ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg responds to privacy concerns
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has responded to the privacy concerns raised in this post by Consumerist.  The post pointed out that a change Facebook made to its terms of service left the impression that the social network could keep and use copies of user content (e.g. photos, notes, and personal information) in perpetuity even if users removed the information and closed their accounts. "One of the questions about our new terms of use is whether Facebook can use this information forever," Zuckerberg wrote.  ...

Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information
NYT > Technology — ... , the chief executive of Facebook, said in a blog post on Monday that the philosophy “that people own their information and control who they share it with has remained constant.” Despite the complaints, he did not indicate the language would be revised. The changes in the terms of service had gone mostly unnoticed until Sunday, when ...

“You Have Zero Privacy Anyway. Get Over It”–That Goes Double on Social Networks
BoomTown — ... and everyone else slapped him silly on the Beacon debacle until he gave, for example). But he is technically right on this, even if Facebook could have done a much better job communicating the changes it made to its TOS. This lack of clarity has always a major Facebook weakness, but it was the same for AOL–now owned by Time Warner (TWX)–back in the day when it was raising privacy red flags all the time. But that does not make Facebook wrong, as Zuckerberg finally said clearly in post on Facebook: People want full ...

Zuckerberg Responds to Concerns About Facebook’s Updated Terms of Service
Inside Facebook — ... , consolidating its various documents into one. Today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to concerns some have expressed about changes to the way Facebook treats ownership of user data. ...

Facebook's Zuckerberg: Our Philosphy Is Simple, Terms Of Service Are Not
paidContent — ... Following a much-discussed change in Facebook's terms of service, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took to the company blog Monday in an effort to dispel concerns about who owns what when it comes to user data: "Our philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with. When a person shares information on Facebook, they first need to grant Facebook a license to use that information so that we can show it to the other people they've asked us to share it with. Without this license, we couldn't help people share that ...

Facebook’s TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reason
Between the Lines — ... , which was pushing 16,000 members early Tuesday. But they’re actually getting mad for the wrong reason. Sure, get upset about how they can use your content if you’d like but that’s not new. We’re just finding out about it - and that’s what’s even more disturbing. But more on that in a minute. Facebook rightly disrupted the long U.S. holiday weekend and jumped into action to launch some damage control, posting a Monday afternoon blog post from CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg: Our philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with. When a ...

Linkpost | 2.17.2009
TechBlog — ... - Android is making less of an impact than expected at the Mobile World Congress. • On Facebook, People Own and Control Their Information - Mark Zuckerberg responds to complaints about Facebook's new Terms of Service. •  ...

Facebook changes policy, now owns rights to your content forever
TG Daily - All News — ... site the right to utilize your content for as long as it was on the site, meaning once it was removed the site no longer had rights to it. This is no longer true. Now, anytime you remove anything from the site, it remains in Facebook's archives where they now have a license to use it forever. With the new terms of use Facebook effectively owns each and every item you have posted to their site thus far. Facebook has retorted, issuing some damage control, and posting on the company blog in regards to what the company's intent was with the change in terms of service. Mark ...

Facebook's Zuckerberg Calms Privacy Fears Over TOS Change
Today @ PC World — ... . However, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, replied yesterday in a blog post : "Our philosophy is that people own their information and control whom they share it with. When a person shares information on Facebook, they first need to grant Facebook a license to use that information so that we can show it to the other people they've asked us to share it with. Without this license, we couldn't help people share that information." But Facebook's terms of use are anything but simple. When you sign up to the social network, you "grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, ...

5Words for February 17th, 2009
Technologizer — ... Except for phones, pretty quiet: Facebook: Users control their info. Pirate Bay escapes some charges. One charger for every phone. Nokia puts Skype on phones. Satellite radio may sidestep bankruptcy. Card counting’s easier with iPhone. Toshiba buys Fujitsu drive business. Canon sues over fake blogger. ShareThis ...

Facebook Makes Some Changes
WebProNews Feed — ... in so many words that it owns your content. "Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later," says Walters. "Want to close your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do whatever it wants with your old content. They can even sublicense it if they want." Update: Mark Zuckerberg has posted about the changes to the ToS . He says Facebook would never use your info in a way that you wouldn't want them to. The second Facebook change comes to the profile pages for businesses . This ...

Facebook ‘Terms of Service’ storm
p2pnet news — ... by Facebook. Also, the license only allows us to use the info “in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof.”  Users generally expect and understand this behavior as it has been a common practice for web services since the advent of webmail.  For example, if you send a message to a friend on a webmail service, that service will not delete that message from your friend’s inbox if you delete your account. And over at Facebook HQ, Mark ‘Beacon‘ Zuckerberg »»» ...

Facebook clarifies its new terms of service
Obsessable News Feed — The company claims it would never use your content in ways you didn't intend. Yesterday we told you about Facebook's updated terms of service that essentially gives Facebook the right to do whatever it wants with content you upload to the site, forever. Yesterday, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg clarified what the new TOS really means as far as Facebook is concerned: Facebook needs to be granted some sort of license for your content in order to share it over the web with other users. So, if you want to post pictures ...

Facebook's Terms Of Use Draws Protest
TechWeb — ... site could use information that they deem personal indefinitely and for any purposes it chooses. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg sought to allay those fears in a blog post Monday . He explained that the clarification served to notify users that once they delete their accounts, friends will still retain their posts. "In reality, we wouldn't share your information in a way you wouldn't want," Zuckerberg said. "The trust you place in us as a safe place to share information is the most important part of what makes Facebook work. Our goal is to build great products ...

Facebook's Terms Of Use Draws Protest
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... site could use information that they deem personal indefinitely and for any purposes it chooses. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg sought to allay those fears in a blog post Monday . He explained that the clarification served to notify users that once they delete their accounts, friends will still retain their posts. "In reality, we wouldn't share your information in a way you wouldn't want," Zuckerberg said. "The trust you place in us as a safe place to share information is the most important part of what makes Facebook work. Our goal is to build great products ...

Is Facebook really using its new terms of service to own your data?
VentureBeat — ... and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg also offered the following clarification in a post yesterday afternoon. “A lot of the language in our terms is overly formal and protective of the rights we need to provide this service to you,” he said. What the terms are really trying to address is the challenge of both maintaining user privacy and allowing third party applications as well as other web sites to access user data, through Facebook’s developer tools. From his post: ...

Are Changes to the Facebook Terms of Service Much Ado About Nothing?
eWeek - RSS Feeds — ... that read “This is in protest to Facebook’s terms of service.” The Consumerist has posted several updates to its original report, including one that includes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s response to the controversy . The note, which Zuckerberg posted on Facebook.com Feb. 16, reads in part: “A couple of weeks ago, we updated our terms of use to clarify a few points for our users. A number of people have raised questions about our changes, so I'd like to address those here. I'll also take the opportunity to explain how we think about people's information. Our philosophy is ...

Facebook Serves as Own Example of How Web Bites Back
Advertising Age - Homepage — ... in the social networks's terms of service. In short, Facebook's new TOS indicates that it owns all the data that users upload to their system. In fact, it goes a step further to suggest that the company may "retain archived copies of your User Content" even if you terminate your Facebook account. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg felt it necessary to personally respond to the concerns , noting that Facebook's terms are consistent with many web-service providers. To me, the issue here isn't whether Facebook's privacy policy is appropriate. That's a question that is already being ...

Facebook – the sleight of hand shillster
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... I see that Facebook it taking a lot of well deserved flack over it’s recent changes to its Terms Of Service (TOS) to the point that baby faced Zuckerberg had to come down from his ivory tower and try to stem the flow of negative comments about the changes. I won’t bother going into all the finer points of what has changed since many of the bigger voices are chipping in their two cents worth – even down to ...

Facebook's new privacy policy under fire
SFGate: The Technology Chronicles — ... . The new policy isn't much different from the old, but people are taking issue with the deletion of language that said Facebook's license to use members' information would "automatically expire" if the content were removed. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to clarify the amended policy Monday in a blog post in which he pointed out that even if Facebook members choose to leave the site, their friends still retain copies of any messages or other information they chose to share on Facebook. "We think this is the right way for Facebook to work, and it is consistent with how ...

Facebook backpedals on terms snafu, seeks advice
Betanews — ... February 17, 2009, 8:01 PM Switching it up a bit from its usual privacy-undercutting changes to their Terms of Service, Facebook's recently changed ToS slipped in new language that many users identified as a violation of personal privacy and copyright... and, after mass uproar, promptly rolled them back again. Controversial Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg described the changes to the ToS as an attempt to "clarify a few points for our users," but close reading of the ...

Facebook backpedals from a major user-rights snafu
Betanews — ... February 17, 2009, 8:01 PM Switching it up a bit from its usual privacy-undercutting changes to their Terms of Service, Facebook's recently changed ToS slipped in new language that many users identified as a violation of personal privacy and copyright. Controversial Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg described the changes to the ToS as an attempt to "clarify a few points for our users," but close reading of the ...

EPIC readying federal complaint over Facebook privacy policy
Webware.com — ... In a blog post defending the new language, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued that it wasn't as onerous as people were claiming, and that: ...

Facebook polls users on service terms update
Webware.com — ... Even after CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued a statement on behalf of Facebook regarding the issue, it appears that Facebook wants more feedback from its users. Facebook has begun to run a poll in its users' News Feeds, asking them their opinion on the TOS change. The poll gives three options: no, I don't know, and yes. ...

Facebook polls users on TOS update
Webware.com — ... has been significant. Even after CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued a statement on behalf of Facebook regarding the issue, it appears that Facebook wants more feedback from its users. Facebook has begun to run a poll in its users' News Feeds asking them their opinion on the TOS change. The poll gives three options, no, I don't know, and yes. ...

Facebook Fans The Flames Of Its TOS Change Overreaction
Techdirt — ... to say that it retains a license to users' content after they delete their account. As the company's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, explains, this change simply clarifies the point that actions on Facebook can create two copies of content. He says that when users add a friend or send a message, for instance, it generates two copies of the action: one for the user on each side. So say a user sends a message to a friend, then later deletes their account; the new TOS language clarifies that Facebook doesn't have to delete that message from their friend's inbox. As is often the case, ...

EPIC ready to sue Facebook over terms
ZDNet Government — ... with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof. This line was removed: “You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content.” It’s yet another case - like Beacon - of Facebook pushing the boundaries of fair play, grasping the ring of total consumer control. Now comes Zuckerberg again, on a blog post , talking a community game, espousing principles of user control, basically trying ...

Facebook reverts to old terms of service, working on a better new version
VentureBeat — ... Our next version will be a substantial revision from where we are now. It will reflect the principles I described yesterday around how people share and control their information, and it will be written clearly in language everyone can understand. Since this will be the governing document that we’ll all live by, Facebook users will have a lot of input in crafting these terms. ...

Some thoughts on retroactive deletion of shared content on Facebook and other social media sites
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life — ... some storm in a teacup around Facebook's terms of service which is in reality just another iteration of the freak-out-because-web-company-changed-their-terms-of-service that we see in the blogosphere every couple of months. For the most part this is a boring dance but there is an interesting issue around end user expectation around sharing content and ownership of their personal data underneath all the melodrama. The point of interest is called out in Mark Zuckerburg's post On Facebook, People Own and Control Their Information where he writes ...

Power in Numbers forces Facebook to Revert to Old Terms of Use
The Next Web — ... The uproar lead to a blog post from Facebook CEO/Founder Mark Zuckerberg himself in an attempt to  calm the situation and settle peoples nerves. No such luck. ...

Don’t be fooled: Facebook TOS still evil
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... Our next version will be a substantial revision from where we are now. It will reflect the principles I described yesterday around how people share and control their information, and it will be written clearly in language everyone can understand. Since this will be the governing document that we’ll all live by, Facebook users will have a lot of input in crafting these terms. ...

Facebook Reverses Privacy Terms Change, Goes To Users For Help
paidContent — ... over a line Facebook removed from its TOS that would have reverted user content to owners who delete their accounts. Founder Mark Zuckerblog took to the company blog to explain Facebook has to keep some info deleted users have created, like messages posted to friends, since this is the way other services like email work. ...

BoomTown Decodes the Zuckerberg Terms of Service My-Bad Memo (Now With 10 Percent More “So Very Sorrys!”)
BoomTown — ... While Zuckerberg had said his first post about the issue that Facebook was not in the content-stealing business, the strong language in the ToS had sent the usual suspects into a major meltdown over the possibility that the young geek had gone into full-scale evil mogul mode. ...

Facebook pulls an about-face to save face
GMSV — ... that appeared to give Facebook expansive rights over the use of any content posted by users, even if they later delete their profile and quit the service. Facebook hurried to explain that the change in wording was just a clarification, albeit “overly formal and protective,” to reflect the way the site works. “Our philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with,” wrote Zuckerberg on Monday . “When a person shares information on Facebook, they first need to grant Facebook a license to use that information so that we can show it to the other ...

Zuckerberg Relents On Terms Of Service Kerfuffle
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Our next version will be a substantial revision from where we are now. It will reflect the principles I described yesterday around how people share and control their information, and it will be written clearly in language everyone can understand. Since this will be the governing document that we'll all live by, Facebook users will have a lot of input in crafting these terms. ...

Facebook Changes Its Terms Back
WebProNews Feed — ... , which indicated that Facebook had complete control of anything you post there and could do anything they wanted with your info. After a fair amount of stink was raised, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on the Facebook blog saying that on Facebook, "People still own and control their information." To set minds further at ease, the company has decided to just go ahead and change the ToS back to the way it was. To make sure everyone is aware of the most recent changes, Facebook has included an update about them for all users to see when they login to their accounts: ...

Antisocial: Facebook reverts to its old terms of service
TechBlog — ... that company founder Mark Zuckerberg describes today as "overly formal and protective." One issue with that version was verbiage saying that Facebook owns your personal data indefinitely, even if you delete your own account. Another issue was a line saying that Facebook owned licensing rights to content on sites that let users share information back to Facebook. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg hoped to calm the storm with a Monday blog post that tried to explain what the new ToS really meant, but it only served to further inflame the crowd. At least one online privacy group ...

Facebook backtracks on Terms of Service update
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... After outcry from just about every corner of the Web over Facebook's controversial change to its terms of service, the company has hit the rewind button. Facebook has reverted to the previous version of the terms -- one that doesn't include the disputed clause that granted the company permission to maintain user data indefinitely, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on a post to the company blog late Tuesday. The change came just a day after Zuckerberg's unsatisfying response to privacy concerns. Now, Facebook is back to the ...

Facebook backtracks on TOS change after protests
TechSpot — ... a flood of online criticism, Facebook has reversed a change to its terms of service that seemed to grant the social network perpetual rights to photos and other uploaded content, even after a user has canceled his account. The change involved deleting just a single clause yet it sparked a wave of protests from its users and privacy advocates everywhere. The problem lies in that Facebook tweaked its terms without any heads up and gave itself broad rights over user content. After unsuccessfully trying to alleviate angry users, founder Mark Zuckerberg has now ...

Again, Facebook sparks controversy then bows to user pressure
Technology Liberation Front — ... of Facebook’s modified terms made many users angry, with numerous Facebook groups opposing the new terms attracting thousands of members overnight. As is often the case with juicy reports like this one, news of the Facebook fiasco spread throughout the blogosphere rapidly, eventually making its way to major tech sites and even the main page of CNN.com. By yesterday afternoon, a snapshot of Mark Zuckerberg’s face was plastered on Fox News Channel, next to an excerpt of an entry he posted to Facebook’s blog in defense of the social networking site’s new ...

Is Facebook Defending English From the Lawyers?
Bits — ... that the company would revert to the old version of the agreement until it drafts a new one. I don’t think this shift has anything to do with privacy. Mr. Zuckerberg wrote Tuesday that the company was simply trying to adjust its legal agreement to the realities of how its service is used. It wanted to make it clear that sometimes when you send information to a friend, the words or pictures sometimes can be read or seen even after you remove them from your own profile. It’s no different than e-mail, which you can’t get back after you send it (no matter how much you may want ...

The Facebook shell game continues
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... Well I guess everyone who jumped on the slap Facebook around a little bandwagon is giving themselves all a bunch of fives and pat on the back on how they have through the power of social media caused the giant of Social Media to retreat from their new terms of service. The champagne corks are popping and the obituaries for a truly onerous TOS when the fact is that nothing really has changed one bit. For as bad as their new terms of service may have seemed to be the one that it was spawned from really isn’t all that much better. ...

Facebook Opens Site Rules To User Voting
TechWeb — ... site changed its Terms of Service earlier this month without notice. A furor erupted across the Internet when the legalese governing the new contract appeared to grant Facebook the right to do pretty much whatever it wanted with its users' data. The company then backtracked and reversed the changes. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a blog post to quell the fury, assuring users his company's intentions were good and trying to explain the controversy away while acknowledging that the communication about the changes wasn't handled well. On Thursday, Facebook took another ...

Facebook Opens Site Rules To User Voting
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... site changed its Terms of Service earlier this month without notice. A furor erupted across the Internet when the legalese governing the new contract appeared to grant Facebook the right to do pretty much whatever it wanted with its users' data. The company then backtracked and reversed the changes. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a blog post to quell the fury, assuring users his company's intentions were good and trying to explain the controversy away while acknowledging that the communication about the changes wasn't handled well. On Thursday, Facebook took another ...

Facebook’s Radical New Approach to Terms of Service
Technologizer —