Faced with mass outrage at a change to its terms of service, Facebook quickly reversed its stand and even introduced new ways for users to participate in discussions about their own privacy and privileges on the site.
Faced with mass outrage at a change to its terms of service, Facebook quickly reversed its stand and even introduced new ways for users to participate in discussions about their own privacy and privileges on the site. The main bone of contention was a change to the offi cial terms of service which seemed to imply that Facebook
would assume ownership of anything and everything a user posted and be able to use that content (or license it to others) as it pleased even if the user were to shut down his or her account in the future.
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Groups were formed in protest and the message spread virally, leading to thousands of comments and posts around the Internet. Eventually, Facebook’s offi cial response was to reverse the changes and clarify that users’ own privacy settings would override the publishing of any content, thus making it impossible to leave their control. A few days later, Facebook announced community-driven projects to review its offi cial Statement of Principles and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
Sun, Sep 20, 2009, by Mitul R Desai
Social Networks