It seems to me that total debt would theoretically be the best figure to use, but only if future liabilities (social security, etc.) were included in the government’s basic accounting.
Overall, the figures are not at all alike in the two tables, so they must be reporting something different. Does anybody know what the two different statistics are that they're reporting here?
Their pre IPO filings indicated that they had the right to use them any way they want, for as long as they wanted.
Do you have a link to this? I'd be interested in seeing what they claimed. Their terms of service seem clear in saying that the license you give them is revocable, and also that their usage is limited by your privacy settings.
They own EVERYTHING posted on Facebook. So, if I post a really nice picturethey can sell it. In posting, I assigned them permanent and irrevocable rights to my photos, my comments, my opinions, and anything else I give them.
You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how it is shared through your privacy and application settings.
Of course, you give them permission to use your content if you post it, but the license is not irrevocable: permission is withdrawn for any content that is deleted. (There may be a potential catch if other people have shared it but haven't deleted it, but even so the permission for use is still subject to your privacy settings.)