Will Facebook Make Friends Happier with New Privacy Controls?

Written by on May 26, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: "Social Soup"

Facebook and it’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg haven’t made ‘friends’ very happy lately with recent changes that dramatically changed privacy in the social network.

Facebook has now announced new and improved privacy settings as well as a more user friendly way to monitor and control your information.
Or as it explained in the email that I received from facebook today:

“Starting today, Facebook will:
* Provide an easy-to-use “master” control that enables users to set who can see the content they share through Facebook. This enables users to choose, with just one click, the overall privacy level they’re comfortable with for the content they share on Facebook. Of course, users can still use all of the granular controls we’ve always offered, if they wish.
* Significantly reduce the amount of information that must be visible to everyone on Facebook. Facebook will no longer require that users’ friends and connections are visible to everyone. Only Name, Profile Picture, Networks and Gender must be publicly available. Users can opt to make all other connections private.
* Make it simple to control whether other applications and websites access any user information. While a majority of our users love Facebook apps and Facebook-enhanced websites, some may prefer not to share their information outside of Facebook. Users can now opt out with just one click.
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Check out the new settings here:

http://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php

Read CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Blog post on this here:

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=391922327130

Read more about facebook privacy, and MY thoughts on the topic here:

http://heathero.com/2010/05/new-facebook-privacy-changes/

 

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