Facebook Does an About Face

NEW YORK — Following a torrent of online protests, Facebook is backing off a change in its user policies while it figures how best to resolve questions like who controls the information shared on the social networking site.

The site, which boasts 175 million users from around the world, had quietly updated its terms of use — its governing document — a couple of weeks ago. The changes sparked an uproar after popular consumer rights advocacy blog Consumerist.com pointed them out Sunday, in a post titled "Facebook's New Terms Of Service: 'We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever.'"

Facebook has since sought to reassure its users — tens of thousands of whom had joined protest groups on the site — that this is not the case. And on Wednesday morning, users who logged on to Facebook were greeted by a message saying that the site is reverting to its previous terms of use policies while it resolves the issues raised.

Regardless of their repeal, I'm sure they'll find another way to sell your info... Why else would they be in business... This isn't the 60's people. Peace and Love, Peace and love. Wake up and smell your money burning in the incinerator they call the American economy. Now go out buy everything you can, this place needs a boost and George Calin's material about buying stuff needs some relevance.