(SAN FRANCISCO-AFP) - Facebook on Wednesday unveiled simplified tools
for protecting privacy at the world's leading social network and made
it easier for users to ask friends to remove objectionable pictures.
Facebook privacy "kit" updates that will begin rolling out next week
include shortcuts to controls; a simple-to-use log of what a user has
been sharing, and tools for managing pictures "tagged" with their names.
"Our goal is making sure people understand the ways they can control
their information," Facebook chief privacy officer Erin Egan told AFP
while providing an early look at the changes.
"We want people to make the choices that are right for them."
Facebook last year introduced "in-context controls" that call
attention to privacy settings at moments when members are taking actions
such as posting comments or pictures.
The shortcuts were meant to build on the strategy of putting privacy
controls in easy reach at relevant moments during activities at the
social network, according to Egan.
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