In what may be considered as an opening salvo to reign in the Wild West of the Internet. Facebook this week concluded their voting for its Facebook Principles and Bill of Rights. Though only .3% of the Facebook users voted, Facebook claimed success in responding to its customers concerns about its recent changes to its User Agreement. Certainly, there appears to be some democracy in action, but it will be truly interesting to see if these types of agreements continue to pop up for Web 2.0 companies or whether a different set of standards are on the horizon.
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I like that in the web 2.0 it states users own and control their information, hopefully this idea gets inforced.it was interesting to read that they want their site to be a democratic type when it comes to it's goverence. This makes sense in a way because people want to keep their information safe and protected, no one is going to suggest a stranger to invade their information.600,000 people seem to be in a panic over these legal issues, privacy is a huge deal to almost everyone.I thought it was hillarious that man got blocked from sending out messages on face book because he was overusing his feature, I didn't think that was possible. i really think it's great that they offer face book in several languages because this is another great way to keep global conection active.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the article I automatically thought of taxation without representation! Social networking sites are walking in the same footsteps as countries. While Facebook isn't taking out money [yet] they are changing laws that effect us without our consent. Well, the revolutionary war has been fought and the Monarchy of Facebook has fallen to a democracy. It is good that people are able to get involved in their own privacy. However, is it a good idea to go to the Facebook public about privacy issues or are those with the louder voice going to win? For example, are the people stalking profiles of kids going to speak louder than their mothers? There is no way to tell. I however, am glad that Facebook does not own my high school prom pictures!
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