Incidentally, someone somewhere suggested a submission to the Suggestions community on LJ about the FAQ change. I did that and got this rejection:

Here are the reasons for the rejection as provided by the moderator:

The FAQ reflects current policy. If you have concerns about an Abuse policy,
please contact the Abuse Team following the instructions in
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=105

Though, in fact, there isn't an option there to contact LJ Abuse about anything other than abuse by another member, as far as I can see.