Social Media once again holding corporations and government leaders accountable by Jerry Hart
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Did you see the Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook back peddle on the news this week? I was reminded of how challenging it is to find integrity from decision makers across this nation. I thought I was watching one of the tobacco industry executives convince me that a cigarette is safe. 
I’m so thrilled to see ordinary people, like you and me, on their blogs influencing millions of people to hold our corporations and government leaders accountable. Specifically today, I’m talking about Consumerist.com and my friend Vincent Ferrari. He’s the one that sparked a firestorm of controversy when he revealed what had happened to his followers on his blog. Vincent, by the way, is the guy that blasted AOL when he recorded a phone call in which AOL made it so difficult to cancel his account. He told his followers on his blog and within two days he was a social media star. 
He did it again by exposing the founder of Facebook for removing a very important clause in their terms and conditions that pushed the founder to apologize to the nation for a wreckless Facebook decision. After a wave of protests, the world’s largest social networking site announced that it was reversing its recent decision to keep copies of users’ messages online, even after they had left the network. The article continues, “Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago,” the site told users. “Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous terms of use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.” Until recently, Facebook - the world’s most popular social networking site with more than 175 million users - deleted all online traces of a user if they chose to deactivate their account. However, two weeks ago, the controversial new policy was introduced which retained a copy of all messages, actions, and updates online, even after people quit the site. Follow your Hart 
