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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a special event in 2010. Facebook on Wednesday said a software “bug” let a hacker impersonate Zuckerberg in a comment posted to his public fan page at the website. Facebook on Wednesday announced heightened privacy controls for members of the world’s largest online social network. (c) 2011 [...]

There was a distinct tension in Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s rhetoric as he unveiled major changes to the massive social network’s much-maligned member privacy controls in a press conference on Wednesday. On one hand, he said that the demand was there from concerned members and lawmakers to do something about confusing privacy settings and changes [...]

In this file photo taken April 21, 2010, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers an address in San Francisco. In a news conference Wednesday, May 26, 2010, Zuckerberg said the company is making it easier for users to decline the instant personalization feature. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) (AP) — Facebook is simplifying its privacy controls [...]

The Internet homepage of the community website Facebook. Facebook on Saturday said it plans to simplify privacy controls at the popular social-networking service to appease critics. Facebook on Saturday said it plans to simplify privacy controls at the popular social-networking service to appease critics. (c) 2010 AFP

Google announced some changes to Google Buzz late Thursday that show it has belatedly recognized the backlash over privacy concerns with the new service. Early users of Google Buzz have found the settings very complicated, especially the ones that pertain to privacy. In a blog post Thursday, Google said it built privacy controls into Google [...]

Earlier this week I wrote a post about how I didn’t like that I couldn’t alter the Facebook Connect privacy settings for updates from Foursquare, an iPhone app that shares my location through a GPS-enabled city directory. It didn’t make sense to me that Facebook Connect information was automatically visible to anyone who had access [...]