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Zuckerberg Responds to Concerns About Facebook’s Updated Terms of Service
insidefacebook.com - 2/17/2009
Zuckerberg Responds to Concerns About Facebook’s Updated Terms of Service
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Two weeks ago, Facebook announced that it had updated its terms of service , 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. Zuckerberg writes, Our philosophy ...
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever." [Your Rights]
consumerist.com - 2/15/2009
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever." [Your ...
— consumerist.com — Facebook's terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network,... any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore. Now, anything... (more) Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We ...

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blog.facebook.com - 2/16/2009
On Facebook, People Own and Control Their Information
— blog.facebook.com — 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 ... (more) On Facebook, People Own and Control Their Information

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facebook.com - 2/18/2009
People Against the new Terms of Service (TOS)
— facebook.com — NOW OVER 50,000 STRONG!!! As per Facebook's request, the following was submitted to Facebook Spokesperson Barry Schnitt... after the story broke Monday morning concerning Facebook’s most recent changes to its Terms of Service, and the resulting user ... (more) People Against the new Terms of Service (TOS)

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Inside Facebook:  Facebook Reverts Terms of Service After Complaints

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Facebook Reverts Terms of Service After Complaints
Inside Facebook — ... It’s been an eventful week for Facebook’s execs and legal team. Two weeks after the company released an updated Terms of Service, the company has decided to temporarily revert its Terms of Service to the previous version after complaints from some users and privacy advocates while a new document is drafted. ...

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Facebook's Zuckerberg: Our Philosphy Is Simple, Terms Of Service Are Not
paidcontent.org 2/17/2009 — 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 ...
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, ...
Facebook Responds to Concerns Over Terms of Service — Mashable!
Today’s hoopla over changes to the Facebook Terms of Service 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 ...