Facebook adopts new terms of service and data use policy following low voter turnout

Facebook adopted a new Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities on Friday after a user vote failed to generate enough response to be considered binding, according to a note on the Facebook Site Governance page.

In its second-ever user vote, users had the option to vote for Facebook’s existing policies or new proposed policies through a relatively simple app. Although 297,883 people voted for Facebook to keep its existing policies, overall not enough users participated for the results to become a mandate.

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