ACADEMIC ARTICLE SUMMARY
Facebook Rules: Privacy Invasions From Other Users
Article Source: The New York Times, Feb. 18, 2009, Room for Debate blog
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Time to Read: 1 minute readWritten By:
Jonathan ZittrainTAP Scholar
ARTICLE SUMMARY
Summary:
This short article describes how Facebook responds to user’s concerns.
POLICY RELEVANCE
Policy Relevance:
Internet users should discuss how to resolve conflicts over personal data shared between users online.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Key Takeaways:
- Users became very concerned when Facebook changed its policy over who has the right to tag and untag photos.
- Facebook was trying to resolve potential conflicts over what happens to a tagged photo when a user closes his account.
- Using legalese to broadly claim ownership and tagging rights confused users.
- Internet users should start discussing and working on systems for handling these problems.
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About Jonathan Zittrain
Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Director of the Harvard Law School Library, and Faculty Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
