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Senator to Zuckerberg: 'Your User Agreement Sucks'

posted by fyngyrz on Wednesday April 11 2018, @09:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the that-really-zucks dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Senator Kennedy of Louisiana confronted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the transparency of the social media company's policies on Tuesday.

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"I'm going to suggest you go home and rewrite it, and tell your $1,200 dollar and[sic] hour lawyer...you want it written in English not Swahili, so the average American user can understand," Kennedy said.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/senator-to-zuckerberg-your-user-agreement-sucks.html

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Wednesday April 11 2018, @10:41PM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday April 11 2018, @10:41PM (#665598) Journal

    The average EULA/Privacy Policy is more like a Miranda warning. Whatever you do can and will be used against you. You have a 'right' to a lawyer, at 600 bucks an hour. A better deal you'll never find!

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