Facebook Reverts to Old Terms of Service
After a massive outcry, the social networking site reverted to its old Terms of Service agreement regarding rights to posted data.
February 17, 2009 at 07:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com
You still own what you post. That's the message Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave to users Wednesday when the social networking site reverted to its old Terms of Service agreement regarding rights to posted data.
A massive outcry erupted after the site changed the language in the terms Feb. 4 to imply it retained permanent ownership of any material a user put on Facebook, even if he or she disabled the account. The protests intensified Sunday after consumer advocacy blog Consumerist highlighted the changes.
Zuckerberg wrote on his blog that Facebook will leave the old agreement intact until the company drafts language that clarifies its policy toward users' content.
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