24,000 users off Facebook account against Privacy Policy

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 morning news, according to foreign media reports, there are already 24,000 users participate in the group against Facebook, and said this week a Facebook account cancellation.



This week also was called a "quit Facebook Day" (Quit Facebook Day). QuitFacebookDay.com co-founder Josephine? Di (Joseph Dee) said: "The real question is how your information is used, and the ownership of your virtual account."



Facebook announced in April this year to change the Privacy Policy. Since then, Josephine? Di and Matthew? Milan (Matthew Milan) will be founded QuitFacebookDay.com.



According to the policy changes, Facebook allows third-party users of personal data stored indefinitely, while the previous policy requires 24 hours to delete the data. Another change is to the launch of third-party sites "Like" button.



Josephine? Di that from the surface, the idea is not too bad. But careful study, but there are many problems.



QuitFacebookDay.com soon attracted the participation of thousands of users, they are all dissatisfied with Facebook's new policy.



In response, Facebook CEO Mark? Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) last Wednesday simplified privacy settings. Prior to this, users need to set privacy options 170.



But Josephine? Di on Facebook's privacy attitudes did not change his view, only a simple adjustment options only. University of British Columbia journalism professor Alfred? He Mida (Alfred Hermida) also agree. He said: "Facebook's Privacy Policy and no essential change. They still take the same measure, all content should still be open."



He Mida that, as more and more people posting on the network the information themselves and others, Facebook has become a representative of this wider problem. He said: "The bigger problem is, Facebook is not the problem itself, he only just manifestations of this problem."



He Mida said that although more and more people to share all types of information via the Internet, but they did not realize that the loss of privacy in this process.



As the Facebook now more than 400 million active users, so even if 24,000 users log off accounts really Monday, Facebook users will not have much impact overall. But Josephine? Di believes that this is not important, but really want the specific numbers involved in this activity can not be completely statistical. In his view, the significance of this activity is more important from a philosophical exploration of the Internet future. He said: "This is just a symbolic action." (Book Yu)



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