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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I think that this below rather complicates things since (if this law suit goes through) the relationship between FB and its customers is something more than a purely take it or leave it commercial relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/19/native-american-activist-facebook-lawsuit-real-name">http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/19/native-american-activist-facebook-lawsuit-real-name</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Conrad<br><b>Sent:</b> February 18, 2015 11:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> parminder<br><b>Cc:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Monetising socialisation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Parminder,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/face-how-facebook-drove-us-away-dave-pilcher"><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/face-how-facebook-drove-us-away-dave-pilcher</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br>It is bad, even if here it is monetising social connect between a business and a 'follower' group that 'it' has created. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I can understand why they abandoned Facebook. I gave up on Facebook myself a couple of years ago, albeit for different reasons (didn't have the time to deal with their constantly mutating privacy policy and its implications). Can't say I've missed it.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Smacks of public street pay-off rackets involving petty businesses that most police forces in developing countries live off.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Except by definition, police forces have the authority of law behind them: you generally don't have a choice whether you obey the police or not (at least if you want to stay out of jail or worse). <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you don't like what Facebook does, instead of trying to spin up a global regulatory regime to try to force your will on a private company, why not simply stop using them?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-drc<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>