Facebook: privacy changes ‘as soon as possible’, says Zuckerberg. Founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said that Facebook sometimes moves ‘too fast’ but is working to fix mistakes made on privacy
Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that users find the social network’s controversial privacy controls “too complex”, but has said that the website will move to adjust them so that they are simpler “as soon as possible”.
Writing in the Washington Post, Zuckerberg said that the site’s 400 million users were “a challenge to keep satisfied”, but continued to claim that “if people share more, the world will become more open and connected. And a world that's more open and connected is a better world”.
Facebook: privacy changes ‘as soon as possible’
He said that, however, user reactions to new changes to privacy settings suggested that “sometimes we move too fast - and after listening to recent concerns, we're responding. Our intention was to give you lots of granular controls; but that may not have been what many of you wanted. We just missed the mark”.
Zuckerberg conceded that “there needs to be a simpler way to control your information," and said that "in the coming weeks, we will add privacy controls that are much simpler to use”.
He added that the site operates under five principles, which give users control over their own information, and which also ensure that Facebook is free and does not provide access to private information for advertisers or users or services that individuals do not wish to permit.
Some campaigners, such as those behind the website Quitfacebookday, may however continue to be worried by Zuckerbergs’s commitment to “keep focused on achieving our mission of giving people the power to share and making the world more open and connected”. More than half of Facebook’s users have already indicated that they could quit the site, and Google searches for how to leave Facebook have increased substantially over the last few weeks. ( telegraph.co.uk )
Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that users find the social network’s controversial privacy controls “too complex”, but has said that the website will move to adjust them so that they are simpler “as soon as possible”.
Writing in the Washington Post, Zuckerberg said that the site’s 400 million users were “a challenge to keep satisfied”, but continued to claim that “if people share more, the world will become more open and connected. And a world that's more open and connected is a better world”.
Facebook: privacy changes ‘as soon as possible’
He said that, however, user reactions to new changes to privacy settings suggested that “sometimes we move too fast - and after listening to recent concerns, we're responding. Our intention was to give you lots of granular controls; but that may not have been what many of you wanted. We just missed the mark”.
Zuckerberg conceded that “there needs to be a simpler way to control your information," and said that "in the coming weeks, we will add privacy controls that are much simpler to use”.
He added that the site operates under five principles, which give users control over their own information, and which also ensure that Facebook is free and does not provide access to private information for advertisers or users or services that individuals do not wish to permit.
Some campaigners, such as those behind the website Quitfacebookday, may however continue to be worried by Zuckerbergs’s commitment to “keep focused on achieving our mission of giving people the power to share and making the world more open and connected”. More than half of Facebook’s users have already indicated that they could quit the site, and Google searches for how to leave Facebook have increased substantially over the last few weeks. ( telegraph.co.uk )
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