Facebook Turns Back Clock on "Horrible" Terms of Service
Facebook does the unthinkable: It reconsiders Change.
Good move. Here's how The Consumerist on February 15 summarized Facebook's altered Terms of Service: "We can do anything we want with your content. Forever."
But on Facebook today is the following statement regarding its Terms of Service:
Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog.
If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.
Lesson: Sometimes stepping back is stepping forward.
Meanwhile, one would think that organizations that truly care about people and privacy rights -- as opposed to caring about window-dressing PR about people and privacy rights -- do not unilaterally seek to obtain, without compensation, the work of one's hands or the work of one's mind.
That kind of approach may be a policy. But it's hardly a service.
