Richard's Kingdom

I’ve deactivated my Facebook account. I was a late and reluctant convert to the network. I buckled to peer pressure because it had become the only way some of my relatives wanted to communicate. I had reached the point where the social benefits of membership outweighed the privacy risks. I won’t pretend I didn’t like [...]

Facebook caused a stir earlier this week by unilaterally changing their terms of service in a way lots of people didn’t like. On Wednesday they bowed to the pressure

There has been some consternation in the press and blogosphere about recent changes to Facebook’s terms of use. The crux of the issue is that Facebook, though its terms of use, wrests from you control over the use of any content that you post. Facebook also claims license over any third-party content posted to the [...]