Results of the Facebook Site Governance Vote

On June 8, Facebook concluded our second global site governance vote on the proposed updates to our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR) and Data Use Policy.

An outside auditor has now reviewed and confirmed the final results which show that approximately 297,883 people recommended we keep our existing SRR and Data Use Policy. Despite our significant efforts to encourage users to vote, only 342,632 people participated, which amounts to a tiny fraction of our user base of more than 900 million. As stated in both governing documents and throughout this process, when less than 30% of all active registered users vote, the results are advisory. Today Facebook will adopt the proposed updates to our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Data Use Policy, which you can view by using the following links: SRR and Data Use Policy. We considered a number of factors in making this decision.