[omginternets]

Respectfully, that doesn't answer the question. What is the current policy for determining use?

[cortesoft]

Probably "If the people in charge of running it decide it is worthy"

[rmc]

The real reason, which they probably can't say, is how much media attention it gets in the USA.

[jonesb6]

Why was this down-voted? Doesn't it have a high chance of stimulating meaningful discussion?

[omginternets]

I'm entertaining the notion that this is a way to justify some new privacy-invading feature. I'd love to be wrong, and I'm open to a statement from a FB employee, if such a thing were possible.

[eggie]

Or perhaps it motivates the idea that if you do not use facebook you can never be completely "safe".

[throwaway_1002]

"Never let a good crisis go to waste."