Voting closes on Facebook policy changes, only 299 million votes short

 

• Facebook's flirtation with democracy has come to an end. If it wants to, the social network can now change its policies without user approval.
• A weeklong open vote on proposed policy changes, including whether to keep public voting and how data is shared with affiliates such as Instagram, closed Monday.
• If Facebook goes ahead with its plans, this will be the last such public vote.