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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:37 PM

Published 07/02/2009 by USA Today


Facebook streamlines its privacy controls

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is streamlining its complicated privacy controls to give its millions of members more control over what photos, comments and personal details they share with friends, family and strangers on Facebook and beyond.

The change is considered vital as the 5-year-old...

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Facebook Simplifies Privacy But Wants You to Sh... - [07/01/2009 - Salon]
Facebook Issues Privacy Upgrade - [07/01/2009 - PC Magazine]
Facebook to simplify privacy - [07/02/2009 - Straits Times]
Facebook to simplify privacy settings - [07/02/2009 - Xinhua News Agency]
Facebook promises privacy settings to suit 'eve... - [07/02/2009 - The Register]
Facebook launches new privacy settings to make ... - [07/02/2009 - SC Magazine UK]
Facebook revising privacy settings - [07/02/2009 - AFP via Yahoo!]
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...breaking news. "When tools are simple, users are more likely to use them" Chris Kelly, Facebook's...
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...let Facebook "use the collective knowledge of its members to become a breaking news site" says Marissa Gluck...
Facebook streamlines its privacy controls [USA Today - 07/02/2009]
...Michael Jackson. "It leverages the strength of Facebook the friend network while also making it a broadcast medium similar to Twitter" says Charlene Li, founder...
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