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Facebook: Better Friend Lists For More Data Control

21 Sep. 2011 | Author: Ben Broshi | german

Facebook is finally making sure there will be more transparency and differentiated identities with some new features. Mark Zuckerberg’s giant social network is reacting to the growing competition with Google+ and pressure from data protection agencies.
Members of the community can now manage their friends list much better with new subgroups, according to a blog post in the Facebook Blog. The new features, which are explained in an entry from Blake Ross, seem quite similar to the “Circles” from Google+, the promising social network project from the search engine giant: there are now, for example, “close friends” lists, where users can sort their best friends and see posts just by them. In the “acquaintances” list, previous schoolmates or business contacts can be added, to prevent unwanted information from being dispersed.

Users can also decide who is allowed to see a post that is about to be published. Friends can be preselected to either be permitted or not to be permitted to read a particular post. In the various lists, users can decide what will be visible for which list. The smart lists, which are automatically created using criteria like job, school, business, or location, are predetermined based on common attributes.

The new features seem not only to be an answer to the ever-growing threat of Google+, but also the growing critique from data protection agencies. The data protection agencies believe Facebook’s “like” button, as well as fan pages to be a violation of European and German law. There have, however, been attempts to make amends: at a meeting in Berlin two weeks ago, representatives from Facebook as well as Minister of the Interior Hans-Peter Friedrich met and agreed upon better protection for users, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The social network explain that it will support the initiative. Goals include a code of behavior for online communities to protect identities as well as data safety.

Facebook: Better Friend Lists For More Data Control
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