Some Users and Privacy Groups Criticize Facebook's New Privacy Options

Facebook’s new privacy changes are not making everyone happy, including some users as well as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The two advocacy organizations have come out with hard-hitting and in-depth articles on the matter.

We’ve already covered many of the changes in detail, especially the ways that Facebook is now encouraging people to share content with everyone on the Internet. So here’s a look at the most significant criticisms.

“Publicly Available Information”

Facebook has exposed some personal profile information that was, for some people, previously private — and it has entirely removed the option of making much of this information private.

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