Mark Zuckerberg reacts to privacy concerns - Last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to a backlash from users after a change in privacy settings made user information public by default. After users complained about their information being distributed to third parties and developers, Zuckerberg implemented changes and simplified privacy settings.
Do you 'like' Facebook's features? -
In 2010, Facebook implemented the then-controversial, now-ubiquitous, "Like" feature on various websites. The "Like" button, now replaced by a "Recommend" button (see it up there on the left hand corner of the screen), raised concerns over privacy issues and outraged many users over whether Facebook should be able to share their information with other websites. Like other Facebook features, it involved a complicated "opt out" process.
Facebook wants your digits –
Earlier this year, Facebook requested users' mobile phone numbers. But why would Facebook need your number? Is it is safe to provide that info to app developers, games and other third-parties?
Facebook's growing influence -
At more than half a billion users, Facebook has created a place for itself at the top of the social media heirarchy. The company is changing the way information is shared, and at the same time changing our expectations of privacy online . So that begs the question, does it even matter if they violate our privacy, or will we just come back to them no matter how much we feel violated?