Pinterest Updates Its Terms of Service

Posted by Jennifer James on Saturday, March 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

In light of all the web chatter and concerns about Pinterest’s Terms of Service it’s no wonder Pinterest made it a priority to update their TOS – stat.

In a blog post that went live yesterday, Updated Pinterest Terms, the founder of Pinterest, Ben Silbermann, and the Pinterest team announced that modifications to their Terms of Service had been made to the uber-popular social networking and digital sharing site. Some of the changes include Pinterest dialing back on their right to sell photos that users pin to their boards. We all know that is a huge no-no, so smartly they nixed that. They also will not allow pins that encourage “self harm and self-abuse”. To be completely honest I never imaged anyone would use the site other than sharing beautiful things, so that was an intelligent move on their part. They also “released simpler tools” for people to claim copyright and trademark infringements. These changes will go into effect on April 6, 2012.

Jennifer James

Jennifer James is the founder and editor of Mom Blog magazine and the Mom Bloggers Club Network, a global social network of over 19,000 mom/mum bloggers. Jennifer is also the founder of Mom Bloggers for Social Good, an international coalition of 1000+ mothers who care about the world's most pressing issues and use social media and blogging for good. Jennifer has been featured by Fast Company, NPR, Forbes, CNN, Parenting, and ABC News among many other news outlets and currently writes about global development for the Gates Foundation and Huffington Post and social good for Babble. When she gets a chance she still comes back to her roots writing about technology and chronicles the mom blogging community. You can contact her at jjames [at] mombloggersclub.com.

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