{"id":579693,"date":"2010-05-26T14:42:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T18:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=122536"},"modified":"2010-05-26T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T18:42:54","slug":"facebook%e2%80%99s-new-privacy-settings-here%e2%80%99s-what-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/579693","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s New Privacy Settings: Here\u2019s What Changed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook today announced a revamp of its user privacy controls, responding to widespread public criticism following its f8 conference product launches<\/a> with systematic changes that it said came out of weeks of nights-and-weekends work by its top engineers and designers. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the release a “modern privacy system” that reflects what the site has become and incorporates feedback from users.<\/p>\n

“We made a lot of changes at the same time, and a lot of what we were trying to do we didn’t communicate that well,” said Zuckerberg. He acknowledged users felt there were so many controls that they were overwhelmed and didn’t feel comfortable sharing.<\/p>\n

Here are the most important changes, which will roll out to users shortly, heralded by a notice at the top of their homepages:<\/p>\n

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The main privacy settings page (see above) lets users toggle between sharing various types with everyone, friends of friends, and friends only. Facebook gives broad recommended settings or users can click to customize. This applies to all content retroactively and all content going forward<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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