On the official Facebook blog, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces that they dedicated the past week to working on a new set of Terms. The reviewing of the terms happened as a result of more and more users wanting to contribute to “the process of governing the site”.

Our main goal at Facebook is to help make the world more open and transparent

says Zuckerberg, and that statement is to explain the following changes.

They started by drafting two documents:

- The Facebook Principles (that will be like a Constitution, it will stand behind every policy Facebook will consider) and
- The Statement of Rights and Responsibilities ( that will replace existing the Terms of Use).

Both documents are to be commented and reviewed by users, and , before they will go on effect, users will be able to vote pro or con.

By this, Facebook allies to the main idea that governs the internet these days, the “be a friend” stream that is supposedly going to attract the users in these difficult economic times.

The end of the statement is great, as Facebook positions itself as a innovator and hopes the other players will follow. It’s fun to be that confindent and it actually might work.

Facebook empowers the users, by Marie Jeanne.