Facebook to simplify privacy controls
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Facebook is to overhaul how its users configure their privacy settings, after facing a media and user revolt over how it handles personal data. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a Washington Post editorial today, said that the company will address user concerns with a new set of privacy options "as soon as possible". "We have heard the feedback. There needs to be a simpler way to control your information. In the coming weeks, we will add privacy controls that are much simpler...
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