Facebook is planning to streamline its complicated privacy controls to give its users more control over what photos, comments and personal details they share with other users.
Online privacy experts have praised the move, saying that it will also solve a long-standing problem of people sharing crude and awkward photos and information on the site.
The new privacy controls also lets Facebook use the collective knowledge of its members to become a breaking news site, which will ultimately give the fast-growing Twitter, that has made a name for its ability to broadcast breaking new, even more competition.
The new privacy settings might also help to improve Facebook’s relationship with some of their major advertisers, seeing how it will make it possible to target certain consumers even better.
Source: USA Today
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