[ NNSquad ] Facebook's "privacy policy vote" fizzles - as they knew it would

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Facebook's "privacy policy vote" fizzles - as they knew it would

Whopping .00038% of Facebook users vote on data use policy change

http://j.mp/KDQMVx  (ars technica)

   "Facebook closed the vote on its new data use policy and new statement
    of rights and responsibilities Friday, with a paltry 342,632 ballots
    cast as of a minute before closing. The vote needed 270 million
    participants to be binding, but falling far short of that benchmark,
    Facebook will use the vote tally in an advisory manner as it mulls a
    change over its new policies."

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The whole concept of voting on privacy policy changes in this way was
ludicrous from the word go.  And Facebook knew it all along.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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