Facebook Finally Simplifies Privacy

Google+ threat may have prompted more user controls

Did competition nudge Facebook to finally make the privacy changes users have been asking for?

After years of skirmishes with users and watchdog groups, Facebook announced a raft of changes Tuesday that make it easier for users to control who can see the content they post online.

The changes, which give Facebook sharing a finer level of granularity, make the social networking site more like Google +, which lets users share content with different “Circles” of online contacts.

But despite the close timing to the launch of Google + this summer, Facebook said they’ve been working on the changes long before the introduction of Google’s social networking site.

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