How Facebook's New Privacy Settings Could Prevent Freedom Abroad

If Facebook was limited to democratic nations, I could understand Facebook’s decision to leave a lot of data public. However, while Facebook has always been a tool for spreading democracy around the world, it could be making things worse for many users who are under the control of tyrannical dictators and other aggressive regimes. Under the existing privacy system, your identity is only as safe as your weakest link (friend).

Take Iran for example where pro-democracy protestors are using Facebook as a platform to communicate with each other to organize action.