Boston, MA 09/05/2014 (wallstreetpr) – After having being repeatedly bombarded by the critics regarding users’ privacy and online safety, yesterday Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) took the broadest ever outreach to address the issue. Facebook urged users to undertake privacy setting review; trying to restore confidence among members that their privacy in completely under their charge.
Customized Preferences Setting to Counter Privacy Attacks
Facebook countered privacy critics on the grounds of a setting called “customized preferences,” which enables the user to choose how wide he/she wants to share statuses, likes, photos or other activities on the social networking site. This setting is, however available to 1.3 billion Facebook users as of now.
Nevertheless, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) users believe it difficult to comprehend these settings. It is worth noticing that Facebook has been continuously coming under the lens of critics on privacy concerns and this setting is seen as the most widely reached action of the company to reassure its users.
Explanation from Facebook
The Product Manager for Privacy at Facebook, Paddy Underwood explained that the new setting was just a part of actions that the company is planning on, in order to address privacy concerns of people, like who they want to share stuff with. Mr. Underwood also said that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has tried this time to be more interactive regarding working of these things.
Facebook’s Messaging App Facing Cynicism on Apple Store
The outreached action to address privacy concerns of users follows 1.5 star rating of Facebook messaging app on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) store. Facebook, the largest social networking website, has not been able to answer users regarding ratification of the terms on the Apple store. Also, the company had earlier faced extensive grievances from privacy groups regarding its 2012 mood experiment.
California-based Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will soon also prompt users to review their settings of who can view their statuses, likes, pictures and also profile information.
