{"id":517980,"date":"2010-04-06T13:01:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T17:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=110896"},"modified":"2010-04-06T13:01:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T17:01:15","slug":"facebook-users-still-confused-by-privacy-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/517980","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Users Still Confused by Privacy Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It looks like Facebook still has a lot of work to do to explain its recent privacy guideline changes and those it’s proposing to alter. In a blog post<\/a>, the company says many of 4,000 comments it received in the last week either requested features that already exist or showed a misunderstanding of the company’s policies and procedures. The social network’s communications and public policy director, Barry Schnitt, says it got comments “from people around the world, including users, regulators, and online privacy advocates” responding to the changes, both those that have taken effect and those that are being proposed. The new policies were described in a post by general counsel Michael Richter<\/a> on March 26.<\/p>\n

The Facebook spokesman says that some commenters asked to be able to hide their Friends List, but notes: “[T]his is something that people already have the ability to do. We announced this feature back in December<\/a>, and you can read more about it in our Help Center<\/a>.” Others apparently had questions with regards to Facebook requiring users to provide accurate information about themselves, and limiting them to one account, but as Schnitt notes, “These are not new requirements. Facebook has always been based on a real-name culture.” The company reiterated that policy in a response to a post we did recently<\/a> on younger users changing their names to hide their activities from potential employers.<\/p>\n