40 posts and columns on Terms of Service

Twitch Takes Up Cat Herding With Ban on PlayStation 4’s Playroom

in Media on November 27, 2013 at 11:04 am PT

Banning users who broke the rules, and delisting their game of choice worked — once. But what happens when this happens again? And again?
cat herder

Facebook Photo Phenom Instagram Gets a Business Lead to Scale Its Operations (and Presumably Revenue)

in Mobile on April 2, 2013 at 1:00 pm PT

Is it time to make some dough from the billion-dollar deal?

News Byte

Facebook, Instagram Asks Some Users to Upload Photo IDs

in Social on January 26, 2013 at 3:31 pm PT

Instagram is asking some users to upload photos of their government-issued identification cards — and in some cases, birth certificates — according to a report from Talking Points Memo. Facebook said the requests come in cases of certain terms of service violations, according to TPM, though refused to elucidate further.

Voices

Hold It: Instagram’s Users Drop, but Terms of Service Mishap May Not Be to Blame

in News on December 28, 2012 at 1:52 pm PT

There are reports around the Web today that Instagram has lost around 25 percent of its daily active users connected to Facebook, according to an app-tracking firm AppData.

Happy Holidays, Instagram! Here, Have a Class-Action Lawsuit.

in Social on December 24, 2012 at 11:00 am PT

And a happy new year!

Instagram Walks Back Ad Language, but Leaves the Door Open

in Media on December 20, 2012 at 5:06 pm PT

Back to the drawing board. But do remember to look at the original drawing board – it had plenty of white space.

Instagram Backpedaling on New Privacy Rules to Quiet Angry Mob

in Social on December 18, 2012 at 2:22 pm PT

Put down the pitch forks, Instagram says it will change some wording before the new terms go into effect in 30 days.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Wedding Photographer Is Not Pleased With Mark Zuckerberg

in Social on December 17, 2012 at 11:36 pm PT

“You can not take those things from me for free.”

Facebook Wants Game Makers to Develop for Its Platform — Or Else

in Commerce on December 5, 2012 at 2:07 pm PT

Two new policies going into effect today are making it a lot less convenient for game developers to leave Facebook.

Facebook’s New Terms: Treat Zynga Like Most Other Game Developers

in News on November 29, 2012 at 2:02 pm PT

Things just got a whole lot less complicated between the two companies.

Cisco Apologizes for “Lack of Clarity” in Linksys Privacy Mess

in News, July 6, 2012 at 7:43 am PT

Cisco Backpedals From Creepy Privacy Position on Linksys Upgrade

in News, July 5, 2012 at 6:51 am PT

Are We All Online Criminals?

in Voices, November 18, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

As Amazon Cuts Off WikiLeaks, Sen. Joe Lieberman Claims a Pointless Victory

in Enterprise, December 2, 2010 at 5:20 am PT

Teen Fashion Blogger's Site Blocked

in News, April 26, 2010 at 3:15 pm PT

YouTube Says Popcorn Hour Is Over

in Media, November 20, 2009 at 12:53 pm PT

Twitter Gives Spam Apps a Thumbs Down, Ads a “Maybe”

in Media, September 11, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Who Rejected Google Voice for iPhone? AT&T: Not Us. Google: REDACTED. Apple: We're "Studying" It, Not Rejecting It.

in News, August 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm PT

Insert Bad "Tagged, You're It" Pun Here

in News, July 10, 2009 at 5:55 am PT

AT&T: We Crippled SlingPlayer TV App

in Media, May 13, 2009 at 3:55 am PT

Facebook's Privacy Chief (And California Attorney General Candidate) Chris Kelly Speaks!

in News, May 12, 2009 at 2:52 am PT

BoomTown Channels Miss Cleo: A Twitter Transaction? More Facebook Follies? And Will There Finally Be a Yahoo-Microsoft Deal?

in News, April 13, 2009 at 4:42 am PT

Facebook CFO Gideon Yu Out; Fast-Growing Social Network Says It's Doing Fine Financially

in News, March 31, 2009 at 12:09 pm PT

Mark Zuckerberg Talks About Facebook Terms of Service Snafu!

in News, March 2, 2009 at 3:05 pm PT

Liveblogging the Facebook Our-ToS-Is-Your-ToS Press Conference

in News, February 26, 2009 at 11:14 am PT