Facebook's privacy

Facebook's privacy settings have become hotly debated in recent weeks. With the announcement made Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's Chief Executive Officer will be hoping a wave of criticism and protests would subside.

"This time we do a lot of changes at one time,"
"We want to simplify control, and input from users is very valuable to us,"

Facebook is now implementing a simple control for users to all their information and data. With a few clicks, users can modify all the settings and change is also retroactive. The change also applies to products or services that will be released later today.

When you open your privacy settings page, the privacy settings you currently use will appear. Privacy settings will not be automatically changed to the recommended setting.

Users simply click on one button (Everyone, Friends of Friends, or Friends-only) in the left column to block or open all the information for that user groups. Users can also choose what information will be open for certain user groups.

If you choose the recommended settings, status, photographs, post, bio, favorite quotes, family, and the status of your relationship can be seen by everyone. The personal contact information is set to be able to be viewed only by friends only.

With more control over this simple, Facebook sure users will have no trouble. Still, of course, not all users will be satisfied by the new privacy options such Facebook


Founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, said today nearly 500 million users of Facebook will more easily control their personal data, such as: age, sex, friends, and even pictures.

"Many of us try to do in recent weeks," said Zuckerberg at a news conference.

Going forward, Facebook users need only one easy step to manage their privacy. "Feedback from users is very rapid. We know that the simplification of this control should be done," he said.

Privacy settings in Facebook before forcing the user must adjust so many settings and options are valued difficult.

This decision was taken after officials Facebook conduct internal meetings at their headquarters in Palo Alto.

Facebook faced harsh criticism after many users suffered a series of leaks their private data. Those cases were made public users do not know how to share their information on Facebook. Many of them threatened to stop using Facebook as of May 31 this