Power of Facebook affects law

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Since January, Facebook has added 250,000 new users each day with nearly 60 million people worldwide now using the site. Facebook has also acquired considerable attention regarding its user privacy policies, online marketing strategies and the short-sighted decision of some companies and governments to block employee access to the site. the lasting lesson of Facebook may come from a series of events that unfolded over the past two weeks in Canada. They demonstrate that Facebook is far more than just a cool way to catch up with old friends; rather, it is an incredibly effective and efficient tool that can be used to educate and galvanise grassroots advocacy, placing unprecedented power into the hands of individuals. politicians, companies, and other organizations can ill-afford to ignore a medium that is capable of mobilizing tens of thousands within a matter of days. Those caught flatfooted may ultimately find themselves struggling to save face.