Wednesday, February 18, 2009, (New Delhi)
Your photographs, videos and comments on Facebook are still yours, at least for the moment.
The social networking website has posted a statement on its site saying its reverted to its former terms of use policy after thousands of users objected furiously to the site's new policy.
Facebook spokesperson Barry Schnitt said, "We realised the new version of the terms might technically permit some of the hypothetical situations people have offered. I can assure you, however, that these hypotheticals aren't ones we had in mind when writing the terms, and that selling user information for profit or using it to advertise Facebook in some way was never part of our original intent. Assurances aren't enough, though, and we plan to codify this in our revised terms through simple language that defines Facebook's rights much more specifically. In the meantime, we've decided to revert to the old terms as we work to address this."
According to the new terms, which came into effect two week ago, Facebook had rights to freely use anything people add to the website even after members delete content or close accounts.
Users of Facebook were up in arms against the new terms and had formed a group called 'People against the new Terms of Service'. This group already have over 24,000 members.
"It was never our intention to confuse people or make them uneasy about sharing on Facebook. I also want to be very clear that Facebook does not, nor have we ever, claimed ownership over people's content. Your content belongs to you", Barry Schnitt added.
Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has said users concerns will be taken into account before a new policy is formulated.
The social networking website has posted a statement on its site saying its reverted to its former terms of use policy after thousands of users objected furiously to the site's new policy.
Facebook spokesperson Barry Schnitt said, "We realised the new version of the terms might technically permit some of the hypothetical situations people have offered. I can assure you, however, that these hypotheticals aren't ones we had in mind when writing the terms, and that selling user information for profit or using it to advertise Facebook in some way was never part of our original intent. Assurances aren't enough, though, and we plan to codify this in our revised terms through simple language that defines Facebook's rights much more specifically. In the meantime, we've decided to revert to the old terms as we work to address this."
According to the new terms, which came into effect two week ago, Facebook had rights to freely use anything people add to the website even after members delete content or close accounts.
Users of Facebook were up in arms against the new terms and had formed a group called 'People against the new Terms of Service'. This group already have over 24,000 members.
"It was never our intention to confuse people or make them uneasy about sharing on Facebook. I also want to be very clear that Facebook does not, nor have we ever, claimed ownership over people's content. Your content belongs to you", Barry Schnitt added.
Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has said users concerns will be taken into account before a new policy is formulated.
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