Facebook Privacy statement meme
Facebook Privacy statement meme
In response to a widespread meme in which users were posting a string of ‘legalese’ to reserve the sole ownership rights over the content they post to Facebook, the social network has released a statement informing users that they still retain control and ownership of any content and information they post to the site.
The notice further adds that, this has ALWAYS been the policy of Facebook and that the rumor warning of a change to content ownership was and is false. At the same time, Facebook is reworking its governing documents, shifting away from its current voting method toward a more meaningful feedback-oriented system for policy changes.
The complete statement is as follows:
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There is a rumor circulating that Facebook is making a change related to ownership of users’ information or the content they post to the site. This is false. Anyone who uses Facebook owns and controls the content and information they post, as stated in our terms. They control how that content and information is shared. That is our policy, and it always has been.
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For a while now I’ve seen this lengthy status updates with the legalese that was “hereby declaring” a personal copyright attached to “personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings,” and so forth. The statuss updates mainly referred to “new Facebook guidelines” as the reason for the statement of copyright and advised other users to copy and past the statement in order to reserve copyright over the content they post to the site. Failure to do so, meant that Facebook basically owned the rights to any, and every piece of content you upload to their site.
Before the Thanksgiving weekend, Facebook anounced new proposed changes to its governing documents. Under the proposed changes, Facebook would shift away from the voting system it currently uses for feedback and governance — which it says “incentivized the quantity of comments over their quality” — in favor of an as-yet-unspecified system. Aspects of that system include an “Ask the Chief Privacy Officer” feature, allowing users to submit questions about privacy to Chief Privacy Officer of Policy Erin Egan.
It was said that Egan would begin hosting webcasts on a regular basis to adress user concerns on privacy, safety, and security.
That’s all for now.
-Kevin
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