Monday, June 04, 2012

Facebook's 900m users in world's largest vote...

Facebook is allowing its 900 million users to vote on proposed changes to its privacy policy, creating the largest electorate in the world.

By way of contrast, India - the democracy with the highest population - has about 700 million registered voters.

The new privacy terms could open up the possibility of Facebook displaying adverts on outside websites, tailoring the pitches to interests and hobbies that members have listed on the social network.

Members have until midnight on Thursday to vote for or against the planned changes.

"We strongly encourage you to participate in the vote on our new revised documents," Facebook executive Elliot Schrage wrote on the company’s blog. Full story...

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