Several headmasters have posted messages on Facebook informing parents that school won't be starting in September.
Facebook informed the F.T.C. of the new language just before it was posted to its Web site.
The commission said that Facebook informed regulators that it would not be able to perform automated matching between user-held Facebook accounts and WhatsApp accounts.
In early September, some prominent drag performers in San Francisco received messages from Facebook informing them that their accounts — which were registered under the names of their alter egos — had been suspended because they weren't using "real" names.
These moves highlight a truth that tends to get lost in commentary about the social network's influence over the news: At Facebook, informing users about the world will always take a back seat to cute pictures of babies (not that there's anything wrong with that).
In late December, Facebook informed developers that it would start approving new Open Graph verbs and nouns to appear in the news feed, Ticker, and Timeline starting this month.
"Users could confirm the location of themselves and other nearby users on Facebook, informing relatives and friends of their safety, at that time," Wei says.
Facebook informed Barrington Tuesday morning that it had revised the wording of the policy and she said she is pleased with the move.
A few days ago, Shulgin's wife and Ann posted a message on Facebook informing the public that her husband's health had taken a turn for the worse, and that it seemed he was reaching the end of his battle with liver cancer.
