http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/05/02/2011-05-02_wikileaks_founder_julian_assange_rails_against_facebook_says_its_a_spy_tool_for_.html
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rails against Facebook, says it's a spy tool for US government.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called Facebook "the most appalling spying machine ever invented" in an interview with Russia Today, pointing to the popular social networking site as one of the top tools for the U.S. to spy on its citizens.
"Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations, their communications with each other and their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to US Intelligence," he said. "Facebook, Google, Yahoo, all these major U.S. organizations have built-in infaces for US intelligence.
"Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook they are doing free work for the United States intelligence agencies," he added.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that popular Facebook apps like Farmville and Causes also shared users' information with advertising and tracking companies.
http://malwareresearchgroup.com/2011/04/facebook-copyright-claims-find-users-locked-out-with-no-recourse/#more-3609
Facebook copyright claims find users locked out with no recourse
Since Ars Technica reporter Ken Fisher wrote about the company being locked out of their Facebook account with no warning or recourse because of an infringement complaint, several other users are beginning to chime in with their own similar tales.
“Facebook is so eager to protect copyright that the mere accusation of copyright infringement is enough to get an account locked,” Fisher reported Thursday morning. “Ars found this out the hard way Thursday morning when our own Facebook page became inaccessible, with no warning, no explanation, and no clear appeal process.”
“To make matters worse, Facebook is not responsive to inquiries about account lockout, and the company provides absolutely zero useful direction on how to rectify a complaint,” he added.
Ars is far from alone in their experience.
“I have had this happen twice now,” claims one commenter. “I am a professional photographer and I have been using Facebook to increase my business. This has been working great so far. The first time, I was the only admin of the fan page and my account got suspended (for what reason, I still do not know). And thus, my fan page was automatically assigned to some random ‘fan’ of the page. Of course they renamed it and stole all of my fans.”
Yes, intellectual property claims are certainly serious business, but locking a business out of their Facebook page for one complaint that may not even be valid doesn’t seem like a response that is either reasonable or centered in acceptable “legal process.”
