Today marks the culmination of a pivotal month in Facebook’s history. Early this afternoon, Facebook made public new, simplified Privacy Settings. Here are some of the highlights of what the new privacy options aim to achieve:

• Provide an easy-to-use "master" control that enables users to set who can see the content they share through Facebook. This enables users to choose, with just one click, the overRead More....

Facebook announced yesterday evening that they will be rolling out new, very much simplified, privacy options. It is unclear at this point whether the new options would apply only to new accounts at first, or when existing users could expect to see changes to their account settings. Read More....

Over the last few weeks, everyone has been talking about Facebook. Or rather, everyone has been talking more about Facebook than usual. When Facebook rolled out major changes to their Privacy Policy in early April, the public responded in backlash. Last week, rumored threats of a ‘Mass Facebook Exodus’ abounded and the Read More....

Read Write Web published an in-depth piece last week about a new Consumer Reports Study on the state of the web. The study claims that over half of all Facebook users “over share” on the site.
Here are some statistics from the study:

52% of social network users post risky information online (weak passwords, listing full bRead More....

Facebook announced last weekend that they will be making some upcoming changes to their governing documents in the near future including some major policy overhauls. Some of these changes could affect the way your personal information is handled by Facebook, so it is very much worth your time to read about the changes and learn how to manage your privacy settings accordingly. Read More....