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Wednesday, 05 December 2012 / Published in Woo on Tech

Vote away your right to vote (for Facebook security changes)

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Facebook is taking a less than transparent approach in its latest governance vote by asking users approve changes to their usage and terms policies that revokes the privilege to vote on future changes to that usage and terms policy. The questionable part is that they are burying that change in the monstrous pile of legalese that is the overall “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities” and “Data Use Policy”.

Are they hoping that no one is paying attention and will happily vote away their ability to provide input on future changes? If typical human behavior demonstrated in skipping past the “fine print” is any indication, they would have been mostly right. However there are still plenty of digital activists and internet watchdogs scrutinizing Facebook. Their eagle eyes have spotted the change and got the mainstream media to splash it all over the internet.

What this means for you:

If you don’t use Facebook, you can’t vote. If you do use Facebook, you should go vote and let Zuckerberg et al. know that you care about your digital rights and want to have a say. Unless 30% of the Facebook population show up to vote, Facebook only has to take the decision (regardless “yea” or “nay”) as “advisory” and will adopt the new changes, removing your ability to vote on future changes. The fact that Facebook allows a vote at all is a bit of a rarity in the internet service realm, and countless legal arguments have surfaced over whether “Terms of Use” policies that many of us blithely click “I Agree” to in order to get to the good parts are even enforceable. But don’t let that lead you to an apathetic stance – Facebook’s position as the largest digital consumer service in the world puts it in the limelight for security and user rights, and as such, it should be trying to empower its users, not abrogate their freedoms.

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