Terms Of Service
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User community growing influence on business
News As social networks play increasingly important role in a company's growth strategy, so will their impact on how business policies are formed, say experts.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Privacy, Customer support, Best strategies, User Community, Social Media, Privacy Policy, Terms Of Service, business strategy
Facebook backs down on privacy terms
News CEO of the social networking service said in a blog post Wednesday that the company would return, for now, to its previous privacy policy.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, Web 2.0, Terms Of Service, FTC, Term, social networking, Mark Zuckerberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Facebook
Facebook's Holocaust controversy
News Facebook is under fire for allowing Holocaust denial groups to remain on the site, claiming they don't violate the social network's terms of service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web logs, Cooper, Terms Of Service, GROUP, Berkman Center, social networking, Facebook, CEO, Web 2.0
Facebook: We're going after scammy ads, too
News The social network reinforced in its developer blog that it's taking an active stance against the companies that have been getting bad press recently for deceptive advertising.
Tags: Internet advertising, Facebook, Social Networking, Ad Network, compliance, application company, Burger King Corp., Internet advertising, advertisement, network
Twitter tweaks terms of service
News Microblogging site assures users that they own their tweets while leaving "the door open for advertising" opportunities.
Tags: Web 2.0, Terms Of Service, photograph, API, Facebook, co-founder, blog, Web 2.0
Facebook tweaks its terms to address ads, privacy
News Social network's new rights and responsibilities document has few subtle changes that will make it harder to use its members for advertising.
Tags: Web 2.0, Privacy, Terms Of Service, distributed denial of service, social networking, Facebook, network, marketing, Web 2.0
EFF tracking policy changes at Google, Facebook and others
News Privacy group creates Web site that makes it easy for people to monitor changes to terms of service for companies including Google, Facebook, eBay and Apple.
Tags: Policy and management, Data security, Privacy, Blogger, Google Inc., Terms Of Service, FTC, Facebook, Electronic Frontier Foundation, GoDaddy
Rise of the social generation
Blogs It's been one rough week for social networking phenomenon Facebook. Two weeks after it revised the site's terms of s...
Facebook's about-face: Change we can believe in?
News commentary After a change to the social network's terms of service sparks outrage, company decides to switch language back and says more modifications are on the way.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Terms Of Service, photograph, social networking, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, CEO, network, blog
Twitter to roll out 'Verified Accounts'
News Twitter co-founder Biz Stone details plans to prevent abuse of the service such as identity theft in future.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Twitter, Lawsuit, Terms Of Service, Account, Chicago, San Francisco, accident, co-founder
Facebook halts rogue app, MySpace plugs hole
News The social networks are tackling new security issues that could make personal information and private communications accessible to strangers.
Tags: Spam and phishing, MySpace, Spamming, Trend Micro Inc., Graham Cluley, Terms Of Service, application hosting, e-mail, Facebook, blog
Teen Muziic founder: Shawn Fanning is my hero
News David Nelson, who is 15, will face enormous hurdles if his new music service, Muziic, is to become a hit. But he's betting YouTube is smart enough to recognize a good thing.
Tags: Music, Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Site, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Terms Of Service, Shawn Fanning
Facebook exec downplays Google row
News The social network's product marketing chief calls the tussle a "tempest in a teapot" and hopes the problems can be quickly resolved.
Tags: Privacy, Business development/management, Google Inc., Search Engine, Terms Of Service, social networking, product marketing, Facebook, network, knowledge
YouTube ad money available to more users
News Long knocked for being unable to turn amateur-made clips into profits, the video site will sell ads for anyone who comes up with a hot video.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business Strategies & Functions, Video, Terms Of Service, compliance, YouTube Inc., monetization, e-mail, blog
Photoshop.com adds video hosting, group albums
News Somewhat behind the competition, Adobe finally adds video and group album capabilities to Photoshop.com.
Tags: Business applications, Adobe Systems Inc., RSS, Video, Terms Of Service, photograph, e-mail, online photo, Facebook, Flickr
