As a delete-your-account-on-May 31 protest gathers momentum, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg has promised the social network will introduce privacy controls that are easier to understand.Mr Zuckerberg also included new privacy controls, which will inclu
As a delete-your-account-on-May 31 protest gathers momentum, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg has promised the social network will introduce privacy controls that are easier to understand.
Mr Zuckerberg also included new privacy controls, which will include the option to block all third-party software (which include many games and other frills, often driven by marketing companies, whose authors access people’s personal details, often without them fully comprehending that they’ve opened their account to the company).
The chief executive said the changes would be made “in the coming weeks”.
His comments came in an editorial in The Washington Post today, designed to counter a growing Facebook backlash which has culminated in the so-called Exodus campaign.
It's still unknown whether Mr Zuckerberg will address a concern raised by several New Zealanders who've joined the Exodus campaign (ironically via a second social network, Twitter) - that it takes two weeks for Facebook to delete an account.
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