February 18th, 2009

Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use

By Brad Stone and Brian Stelter, New York Times

Facebook, the popular social networking site where people share photos and personal updates with friends and acquaintances, lost some face on Wednesday...

“If I post something on your wall, and then I decide to close my account, what happens to that wall post?” said Marcia Hofmann, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an Internet civil liberties group. “Is that my data or your data? That’s a very tricky issue, and it’s one that hasn’t come up a whole lot in the past.”

Related Issues: Intellectual Property, Privacy

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