Although the tone of the article is alarmist to say the least, the TOS of Facebook does (or at least, used to) make this perfectly possible. This has been a contentious issue for a long time. It's even made the front page of BBC News in the past week or two, thanks to their flip-flopping between two varying TOS agreements.
Most social networks and content creation facilitators (Google included) have EULAs that basically mean they own everything you do on their 'services', whether you delete your account or not. Sadly, they seem to be grossly ineffective at actually protecting their users, as with last year's Twitter cyberbullying controversy.
I think the article should really be called 'Social Networking Sucks (Unless You're An Advertiser, In Which Case It Rocks, Dude)'.
Hmmm. First I knew of anything was when I signed in today and it said something about their terms. But now I understand why that was. Interesting indeed! Makes me want to stop uploading stuff too!!
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ReplyDeleteAlthough the tone of the article is alarmist to say the least, the TOS of Facebook does (or at least, used to) make this perfectly possible. This has been a contentious issue for a long time. It's even made the front page of BBC News in the past week or two, thanks to their flip-flopping between two varying TOS agreements.
ReplyDeleteMost social networks and content creation facilitators (Google included) have EULAs that basically mean they own everything you do on their 'services', whether you delete your account or not. Sadly, they seem to be grossly ineffective at actually protecting their users, as with last year's Twitter cyberbullying controversy.
I think the article should really be called 'Social Networking Sucks (Unless You're An Advertiser, In Which Case It Rocks, Dude)'.
NJM
Hmmm. First I knew of anything was when I signed in today and it said something about their terms. But now I understand why that was. Interesting indeed! Makes me want to stop uploading stuff too!!
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