Facebook wins Zimbabwe election on T/Cs

Apr 24th, 2009 - The Register

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Facebook is claiming a victory in a vote to decide on changes to its terms and conditions even though only 0.03 per cent of users voted on changes.

A big row broke out in February when Facebook tried to change its terms and conditions to give the company licenses over all content posted on the site for ever. Outrage from users meant the conditions were changed back.

Simon Davies of Privacy International promised to eat his shorts if that target was reached, but the world has now been spared from such a spectacle.

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