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Facebook Scrambles To Contain ToS Fallout

Posted by kdawson on from the all-your-content dept.

Ian Lamont writes "Anger over Facebook's ToS update has forced the company to scramble. Yesterday, a spokesman released a statement that said Facebook has never 'claimed ownership of material that users upload,' and is trying to be more open to users about how their data is being handled. Mark Zuckerberg has also weighed in, stating 'we wouldn't share your information in a way you wouldn't want.' Facebook members are skeptical, however — protests have sprung up on blogs, message boards, and a new Facebook group called 'People Against the new Terms of Service' that has added more than 10,000 members today."

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  1. Re:Oh, that's all right then by malkir · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Exactly true - at the beginning of 2008 I got fed up with the site and deleted my account.

    Peer pressure and boredom brought be back 3 months later and I remade an account with the same information - to my suprise my ENTIRE account was restored, I mean EVERYTHING. Every picture, every comment, every message, every tagged photo... everything you do on Facebook is stored away for good.

  2. Re:how have you committed digital seppuku? by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I did it with this.

    What's funny is the delete form now says:

    Deleting due to change in Terms of Service

    Are you deleting because you are concerned about Facebook's Terms of Service?

    This was a mistake that we have now corrected. You own the information you put on Facebook and you control what happens to it. We are sorry for the confusion.

    - The Facebook Team

    --
    THL phish sticks
  3. CNN Used My Facebook Info by maj0rm0j0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm thinking this is the biggest reason for the ToS change. Rick Sanchez is on CNN every weekday between 3-4PM. Those of you that have seen his show knows that he takes questions from people on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. I posted a question on Rick Sanchez's facebook page and was watching the show and *BAM* there is my full name, picture, and question live and full screen on CNN. The question was answered by the 3rd most powerful congressman in America. I never received any notice that they were going to post it and I've been trying for days to get a copy of the episode for my own collection. Rick won't reply to my messages and I haven't been able to get a copy going the suggested route by CNN through a company that handles purchasing episodes for them. They won't reply either... Go figure.