Tim Sparapani, Facebook's chief of public policy, said in a radio interview today that because so many people have expressed frustration and confusion with the network's granular sharing and privacy options, "We are going to be providing options for users who want simplistic bands of privacy that they can choose from and I think we will see that in the next couple of weeks.”
Debates around user identity and Facebook's motives in taking over the web have gained force in recent weeks after the rollout of Facebook's instant personalization features. There have even been user-led calls for a mass exodus from the network.
Here's a video of the interview in question:
There have already been a string of highly publicized Facebook settings changes over the past year or so. Will you be excited, relieved, disappointed, wary or just indifferent when Facebook's new privacy changes take effect? Do you think most users really need simpler choices when it comes to online privacy?
[via: WIRED]