Facebook to update privacy options

Posted on May 18, 2010 in Facebook, Social Media

It appears that Facebook has decided to finally take some action on all the negative feedback they have received following the rollout of the “Instant Personalization” program (aka, The Open Graph).

In a recent radio interview, Facebook’s Public Policy Director, Tim Sparapani stated that Facebook would be releasing simple privacy options for users in the coming weeks. According to Sparapani, “We are going to be providing options for users who want simplistic bands of privacy that they can choose from…”

Check out the entire interview below:

If you’re looking for tools to help reclaim your privacy on Facebook, check out some of these tools mentioned in this CNN blog post.

Are you satisfied with this announcement? Will these changes be enough?

  • Jacob Easterly

    Type your comment here.I'm glad that Facebook is simplifying their overly complex privacy controls, but I think it honestly doesn't matter that much anymore with http://www.dirtyphonebook.com and any other sites emerging that provide personal details about anybody without consent. I think privacy is pretty much dead right now anyway. I'm more concerned about Facebook security more than privacy because that news story from a few weeks ago where users were able to read each others private messages was more of a concern to me than privacy. If you join Facebook, you voluntarily give up some privacy. To me, this isn't that big of a deal and none of my friends have acted too concerned about Facebook privacy yet.

  • http://ilikebigputts.com Josh Martin

    Great points, Jacob. I think too many people are blaming Facebook. The web is becoming instantly social, and expecting websites to take all those precautions for us is just silly. Granted, I think Facebook could have communicated the changes better, but users should use some common sense regarding their privacy on social networks.

  • Josh Martin

    Great points, Jacob. I think too many people are blaming Facebook. The web is becoming instantly social, and expecting websites to take all those precautions for us is just silly. Granted, I think Facebook could have communicated the changes better, but users should use some common sense regarding their privacy on social networks.

  • Jacob Easterly

    Type your comment here.I'm glad that Facebook is simplifying their overly complex privacy controls, but I think it honestly doesn't matter that much anymore with http://www.dirtyphonebook.com and any other sites emerging that provide personal details about anybody without consent. I think privacy is pretty much dead right now anyway. I'm more concerned about Facebook security more than privacy because that news story from a few weeks ago where users were able to read each others private messages was more of a concern to me than privacy. If you join Facebook, you voluntarily give up some privacy. To me, this isn't that big of a deal and none of my friends have acted too concerned about Facebook privacy yet.

  • http://ilikebigputts.com Josh Martin

    Great points, Jacob. I think too many people are blaming Facebook. The web is becoming instantly social, and expecting websites to take all those precautions for us is just silly. Granted, I think Facebook could have communicated the changes better, but users should use some common sense regarding their privacy on social networks.