I logged in to Facebook today to update a few fan pages I administer. Right away, I noticed my list of fan pages seemed a bit longer than I remembered it being yesterday. Interesting, considering I had deleted the fan page bearing my name months earlier. Also, notice that I allegedly have 10 active fan [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘TOS’
02/26/2009
facebook opens up TOS changes for voting
Just logged into Facebook and saw this: From the Facebook blog: Last week, we returned to our previous Terms of Use as we worked on a new set of governing documents that would more clearly explain the relationship between Facebook and its users. Since then, I’ve been excited to see how much people care about [...]
02/23/2009
following the fray: a look back at the facebook TOS debacle
There is no doubt that Facebook’s changes to their Terms-of-Service was the hot blog topic last week. Let’s recap the events blow-by blow. The Consumerist originally broke the story with the quasi-sensationalist (and ridiculously-long-titled) blogpost Facebook’s New Terms of Service: We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Stuff Forever. Facebook’s terms of service (TOS) [...]
02/18/2009
facebook reverts to their old TOS (we won)
We won… Facebook has rescinded their TOS and returned to the original one. Its rare to see this happen, but kudos to Facebook for making this decision in the favor of their users.
02/17/2009
facebook’s zuckerberg answers questions; unfortunately none were important
In response to the wake of recent criticism and controversy stirred up by Facebook’s change to their Terms-of-Service, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg sat down to answer some questions. Unfortunately, no one asked him the right questions. Zuckerberg said in defense of Facebook’s new policies: “When a person shares information on Facebook, they first need to grant [...]
