Facebook Will Test Clearer Privacy Settings To Combat User Confusion

Facebook's privacy settings, which change often, can be confusing and overwhelming for users, but the company is committed to changing that. The social announced to reporters Tuesday that there will be clearer calls to action so that users can better understand with whom they're sharing content.

PrivacyCheckup1Facebook’s privacy settings, which change often, can be confusing and overwhelming for users, but the company is committed to changing that. The social announced to reporters Tuesday that there will be clearer calls to action so that users can better understand with whom they’re sharing content.

Every day, Facebook performs 80 trillion checks to ensure that users’ content is shown only to the audiences they intended. User input is also valued highly, as the social network runs 4,000 surveys per day in 27 languages, gauging opinion on privacy settings and changes.

The biggest complaint Facebook gets about privacy? It’s too confusing.

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