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Facebook Pulling a Massive Con Job?
April 19, 2009, 10:37 PM by ROB
Posted in SOCIAL | 549 views
Since Facebook announced their Facebook Site Governance campaign, global privacy watchdog Privacy International has taken an interest in the initiative—and they're calling "B.S."
Privacy International has released an article detailing the campaign and comparing it to some of the lackluster "votes" Facebook has had in the past. The results of the Site Governance vote are only valid if 30% of the active Facebook "population" participates (which is higher than the 25% cited earlier this year). Privacy International's Director, Simon Davies claims that Facebook is fully aware that they will never achieve a 30% response, considering that recent votes on issues such as site design only brought in a fifteen to twenty percent response rate.
As of the time of this posting, only 283,109 of the approximately 45 million required have voted. Voting closes on April 23.
While Privacy International makes a very compelling argument that Facebook is pulling a fast one on us, there is one very important objection I have to the statement. Rather than whine about the issue, why not encourage Facebook's members to vote? Not only have I read the new documents, I've voted and so should you. Click here to log in and vote.
» Via Privacy International » Via ReadWriteWeb
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