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Facebook Once Again Makes Promises to Fix Self Created Consumer Privacy Problems

Tomorrow is the day that Facebook will unveil its latest solution for repairing damage it rendered to customer privacy when it added new features that opted users into sharing more information with little to no control or options for not sharing. Facebook claims to be launching a dramatically simply privacy control interface tomorrow. The privacy problems created were not because customers did not set privacy settings, but that Facebook ignored what customers wanted by changing privacy settings without notice to share user content widely.

Facebook to Launch Simpler Privacy Controls Tomorrow, Lix Gannes, GIGAOM.com, May 25, 2010