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Facebook’s TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reason
Between the Lines — February 17th, 2009 Facebook’s TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reason Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:30 am Categories: Facebook , General , Legal Tags: Facebook , Blogging , E-mail , Internet , Online Communications , Sam Diaz There was some Facebook backlash over the long U.S. weekend that has prompted some calls for boycotts over two sentences that were taken out of the company’s Terms of Services agreement earlier this month. Those sentences once allowed users to delete all of their uploaded content - pics, videos, notes and so on - and walk away from the service with only “archived copies” ...

EPIC readying federal complaint over Facebook privacy policy
Webware.com — ... multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings.... 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. There are currently more than 46,000 members of a Facebook group set up to protest the new policies. In a blog post defending the new ...

Facebook Privacy Fallout Goes Nuclear [Facebook]
Consumerist — ... . Plus mentions on CNN, MSNBC, Sky News, and others, and two days after we broke the story, it's still one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter, and over 64,000 users have joined a Facebook group protesting the terms of service change , plus ...

Facebook's Privacy Flap: What Really Went Down, and What's Next
Today @ PC World — facebook is still in the privacy hot seat Facebook may have done an about-face with its policies on using user data, but the social network's struggle to balance business with privacy is far from over. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company would revert to its old terms of use ...

What We Should Learn from Facebook Terms of Service Flap
Wired: Epicenter — Facebook reversed course Tuesday on a recent and mildly controversial policy change about what it rights it keeps once a user decides to quit the service. Many bloggers, some reporters and a vocal super-minority of Facebook users rejoiced at the Tuesday night mea culpa from the 175 million user social network. But the story really shows how predictable responses are to still unresolved issues of who controls information in a world of search engines, private networks and a culture of media sharing. The flap began on Sunday when the Consumerist blog noted the change in Facebook's Terms of Service. That led to stories from the wire ...

Facebook Opens the Polls for Privacy Policy Vote
Today @ PC World — Facebook Opens the Polls for Privacy Policy Vote Facebook promised to put the future of its privacy policies in your hands -- and now, it's staying true to its word. The social networking site has officially opened the polls for a user vote on its terms of service. Have you cast your ballot? Facebook Privacy Flap The vote follows an intense debate surrounding Facebook's terms of service. The service changed its policies without warning in February, essentially giving the site eternal ownership of your personal content. Once word broke of the change, users formed a protest group and a privacy advocate prepared to file a federal complaint . It ...

Facebook's Terms and the Future: Privacy Advocates Weigh In
Today @ PC World — Facebook's Terms and the Future: Privacy Advocates Weigh In Facebook says a tiny vote turnout won't stop it from adopting new policies its users helped create. The service revised its governing terms based on user comments in March, then opened the door for a site-wide vote this past week. Less than 1 percent of active users participated -- a far cry from the 30 percent required for the vote to be considered binding -- but Facebook says it'll move forward nonetheless with putting the updated policies in place. The Facebook Privacy Flap The issue started back in February when users noticed an unannounced change in Facebook's terms of ...