Facebook withdraws TOS changes after protests
After a wave of protests from its users, the Facebook social networking site said on Wednesday that it would withdraw changes to its so-called terms of service concerning the data supplied by the tens of millions of people who use it. The about-face was made known to many users in a message posted on the Facebook home page saying : “Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.” The posting invited users to click on a link to get more details.
Earlier this month, Facebook deleted a provision from its terms of service that said users could remove their content at any time, at which time the license would expire. It added new language that said Facebook would retain users’ content and licenses after an account was terminated. The changes in the terms of service had gone mostly unnoticed until Sunday, when the blog Consumerist cited them and interpreted them to mean that “anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later.” Given the widespread popularity of Facebook — by some measurements the most popular social network with 175 million active users worldwide — that claim attracted attention immediately. Mr. Zuckerberg added that Facebook’s next revision of terms would reflect “a new approach” and would be “a substantial revision from where we are now.”
Source: NY Times
Comments(13)
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Thats a pathetic move they made previously. How could they get the guts to do that.
But its nice to see Mark team got their mind back.
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Here is the link
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The [now revoked] update to the ToS just means that anything on their servers will stay on their servers in the case that you delete your profile.
It's a way that they can save time and money by not having to remove any trace of your existence from their systems.
You [already, and still have to] agree to let them use anything you put on their site to further their world domination, so to speak.
In a nutshell, all of your stuff can be used in advertising [by Facebook itself] to promote the site…
That's it. The Consumerist is also quite the alarmist.
Facebook appeals to a kind of vanity and self-importance in us. If I put up a flattering picture with a list of my favorite things, I can construct an artificial representation of who I am to get sex or approval.
Facebook appeals to a kind of vanity and self-importance in us. If I put up a flattering picture with a list of my favourite things, I can construct an artificial representation of who I am to get sex or approval.
@9+10, and the problem with that is what?
This self-importance is generally unwarranted.
They better had …. see what happens when the people join together to get what they want?