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Facebook withdraws changes in data use
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Enlarge textFacebook, the popular social networking site where people share photos and personal updates with friends and acquaintances, has lost some face.
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After three days of pressure from angry users and the threat of a formal legal complaint by a coalition of consumer advocacy groups, the company reversed changes to its contract with users that had appeared to give it perpetual ownership of their contributions to the service. Facebook user Julius Harper created a Facebook group to protest the changes. Soon after, he joined with Anne Kathrine Petteroe who had started a similar group. Within a day more than 100,000 people had joined their efforts and were airing their concerns, like whether photos they post to the site could appear in ads without their permission. It wasn't long before Facebook stepped down. Bring on media rights now. You are your media.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/technology/internet/19facebook.html
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