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Facebook Reverts ToS Change After User Uproar

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-we-meant-was dept.

rarel writes "CNN and other media outlets report that Facebook reverted their TOS update and went back to using the previous one. 'The site posted a brief message on users' home pages that said it was returning to its previous "Terms of Use" policy "while we resolve the issues that people have raised."' Facebook's controversial changes to its Terms of Service, previously commented on Slashdot, included a mention that (users) 'may remove (their) User Content from the Site at any time. ... However, (they) acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of (their) User Content,' triggering a massive uproar from users and privacy groups."

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  1. huhu by softwave · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll just stick to Friendface, thank you very much!

  2. This is the Internet's version of New Coke by R2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or boiling the frog. They tried ti implement a controversial change all at once, and it caused a kerfuffle. Now they will ease it in slowly.

    I have the feeling that Zuckerberg's girlfriend wasn't real happy when he tried to introduce her to anal sex.

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    "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
    1. Re:This is the Internet's version of New Coke by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have the feeling that Zuckerberg's girlfriend wasn't real happy when he tried to introduce her to anal sex.

      "Honey, are the lawyers really necessary?"

      "I want to be sure we're doing it right, so I called in the experts".

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      Blank until /. makes another boneheaded UI decision.
  3. Re:"Remember Facebook" by R2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    the scary thing is, I can't tell whether to mod this Insightful or Funny.

    Well played, sir!

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    "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
  4. Re:National attention by JayPee · · Score: 5, Funny

    You probably couldn't find the video because it violated the terms of use.

    Heyooooooooo

  5. Facebook will keep your stuff forever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why don't they use this as a selling point? No one seems to be addressing easily our mortality on the net. I put alot of effort into maintaining my own personal website with tons of content on it, but I don't trust my kids to maintain it after I'm gone, which means all that work will poof into /dev/null/ eventually.

    I -like- the idea of all my chatter and advice sticking around after I'm gone. Especially on a social networking website someone may find something I've said or done useful long after I'm dead.

    You folks with your privacy concerns, you will all go to dust, and be forgotten.