Facebook back with original terms and conditions after protests
After privacy advocates and users of the social network Facebook had protested vehemently against the recently amended terms of service in recent days, the pressure on the operators became too great: Facebook’s operators are backtracking.
After data protectionists and users of the social network Facebook protested massively against the recently amended terms and conditions in recent days, the pressure on the operators has now become too great: the Facebook operators are backtracking and the original terms and conditions will apply again with immediate effect. The changes to the T&Cs would have given Facebook the right to continue using all user information ever posted as it sees fit - even if a member has long since logged off the platform. This would have made it impossible to completely delete Facebook profiles.
For the time being, users are to be given back their original control options. This was also confirmed by platform founder Mark Zuckerberg in the official company blog, according to the press release. While a new version of the terms of use is being worked on, Facebook has decided, after internal discussion, to return to the previous terms and conditions for the time being. In future, user rights are to be given even greater consideration and articulated more clearly.
For the time being, users are to be given back their original control options. This was also confirmed by platform founder Mark Zuckerberg in the official company blog, according to the press release. While a new version of the terms of use is being worked on, Facebook has decided, after internal discussion, to return to the previous terms and conditions for the time being. In future, user rights are to be given even greater consideration and articulated more clearly.
