A few of my friends have been talking about Does What Happens in the Facebook Stay in the Facebook?

The key messages of this video are:

• Facebook has a very wide-reaching privacy policy that essentially means that whilst you retain copyright over your data, they can use it as if they owned it.
• Facebook is a fantastic social research tool in that millions of people are posting personal data on a daily basis – they’re uploading it for their friends, but Facebook gets it too, and Facebook will share this data with third party organisations.
• Facebook has a number of investors that have links to US government intelligence agencies, who are more than likely using data to track individuals and their communication, along with broad trends.

It’s a great case study of how a flash video can be used to convey ideas simply and effectively.