facebook users...

[syrinxkat]

Remember the big to-do over the revised terms of service a few months ago? Well, FaceBook is giving users a chance to vote to either keep those terms, or to introduce the new terms they've drafted with user input. If you want to have any say in how FaceBook uses your content, please consider taking a minute to cast your vote. The new, revised terms

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[lynn_nicholas]

Just joined Facebook today. Could you give me a bit of background on the major issues regarding terms of service?

[syrinxkat]

I'm only an occasional user, so I came into this fiasco at the end, but in a nutshell, Facebook rolled out a new Terms of Service that included some rather draconian measures (all content - images, words, etc. that a user uploads belong to FB in perpetuity and can be used by them at their discretion), and very open-ended statements. Users rebelled and the internet exploded with a firestorm of negative feedback, so FB assembled a user panel to revise the terms. The vote now is to accept FB's poorly conceived terms, or the new, user-influenced terms.

I think that's the gist of things :)