Here’s The Privacy Line That Facebook Just Crossed…. by Jeff Jarvis | May. 9, 2010, 9:06 AM
While I agree with Jeff Jarvis that FB has crossed a line by putting the stuff I offer to share with my FBFriends into the public space, I think the problem is more sinister than that. The BIG problem for me is that we are being sold for FB’s profit with no ability to opt out. I always assumed that everything I do on FB is public. This is different.
Here’s the difference:
On my own blog, my words and pictures are MINE and people who want to use them need to ask my permission or at least give me attribution. I know not everyone does, but we do have laws in place and legal remedies when people don’t play by the rules.
On Facebook, THEY have taken ownership (and copies) of my words, pictures, comments, likes, etc. and now SELL them to anyone who wants them. They have recorded every keystroke I EVER made from the time I first got an account. Even the ones I deleted.
My pictures can be used in some ad and I will never be asked or told.
I NEVER agreed to this. It’s sleazy.
