Facebook Privacy V.
EFF summary: Facebook privacy changes inspire praise, optimism, and skepticism; http://j.mp/couzQY
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Gerrit Eicker
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Gerrit Eicker 09:16 on 2. June 2010 Permalink |
FB: “Today we’re starting to roll out some changes that will make all of these controls a lot simpler. We’ve focused on three things: a single control for your content, more powerful controls for your basic information and an easy control to turn off all applications. … We’ll be rolling out these changes to all of you over the next few weeks. You can always check out the new privacy page, which explains how the settings will work. When you get the new controls, please play around and find the settings that feel best for you. If you have any questions or comments, let us know. We’re listening.”
EFF: “As soon as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s latest privacy changes last Wednesday, EFF published it’s immediate reaction and posted a simple video tutorial. EFF also opined about the changes at AOL News, in the New York Times, on the radio with NPR’s All Things Considered, and on television with PBS’ Newshour. – Today, we’re doing a round-up of reactions to the Facebook news, ranging from the purely positive to the downright angry. Taken together, the reaction seems to be skeptical: the changes are good, but not good enough.”
RWW: “Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg went in front of the world’s media this morning and grudgingly announced roll backs on some of the biggest and most controversial changes to the site’s privacy settings made since December. … Time will tell just exactly how this is all implemented, how long it stays that way and what it feels like. Zuckerberg’s tone in the press call (smug, disingenuous, defiant while ostensibly apologizing) wasn’t promising. But so be it. Let’s see what happens. Zuckerberg says this is the end of the overhaul they are doing.”
NYT: “briefly interviewed Mr. Zuckerberg by telephone right after the event and asked how the company could avoid more privacy troubles with new products it plans to introduce in the future.”
RWW: “One thing is for sure: these are complicated matters. Facebook, social networking, the internet are all complicated. The company’s response to public backlash through greater simplification of settings and language is in many cases obfuscating its largely unchanged agenda (default = public) and is in some cases based on untruths. – It sure would be nice to get some frank, honest, straight answers.”
AdAge: “What does this mean for you as a marketer or website? The angel on my right shoulder wants to tell you to behave carefully with people’s information. But the devil on my left says you won’t lose many customers even if you don’t. Just remember, it only takes one violation to trash your reputation. So long as you don’t care about that, the consequences may be limited.“
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