Facebook Removes ‘Who Can Look Up Your Timeline By Name?’ Privacy Setting

Facebook announced Thursday that it will remove a privacy setting that was only being used by a small percentage of its users, “Who can look up your Timeline by name?,” after initially announcing the demise of the setting last December, when it revamped its privacy tools.

Facebook announced Thursday that it will remove a privacy setting that was only being used by a small percentage of its users, “Who can look up your Timeline by name?,” after initially announcing the demise of the setting last December, when it revamped its privacy tools.

The removal of the setting is likely aimed at enhancing search results in general, and results from Facebook’s own Graph Search in particular, and Chief Privacy Officer Michael Richter sought to reassure users in the Newsroom post announcing the move, reminding them that the social network’s remaining privacy settings will still allow them to control who sees their information.

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