Facebook More Privacy Options

Today, we are introducing privacy changes that work towards our goal of giving you the control you need in order to share information comfortably on Facebook. There are two ways we've changed things: a standardized privacy interface across the site, and new privacy options available through this interface.

New Privacy Interface

Now, whenever and wherever you are controlling your privacy on Facebook, you will use the same standardized privacy interface. Whether you're editing the visibility of a photo album or restricting who can see your contact information, you'll see this:


Look for the blue privacy lock.

New Privacy Options

We've added a "Friends of Friends" privacy option that allows you to share information with more people that you are connected to through your friends. We thought this provided a much needed option for people whose strongest social connections are not through the networks they've joined, but through the friends they've added.

The second new option is the ability to share and restrict information based on specific friends or friend lists. We added friend lists to Facebook back in December as a way to help you communicate with groups of your friends. Now, in addition to messaging and event and group invitations, friend lists can help you communicate by choosing what information you share with certain groups of people.

For example, you can upload your "Family vacation" photo album and share it only with your mom and dad or only your "Family" friend list. Alternatively, you can restrict them from seeing a photo album that may not be so Family-friendly by allowing your friends "Except" these people or this list to see it.


To check out the new privacy interface and options, go to the Privacy page. While you're there, you'll notice that we've also redesigned this Privacy section to make it simpler and easier to find what you're looking for. We're always building more ways for you to control your information on Facebook, so stay tuned for more in the future.