The Facebook Blog

Sharing and connecting are at the core of how Facebook works, and people share more when they understand what they're sharing and know how to control their experience on Facebook. That's one of the reasons we recently began rolling out simplified privacy controls, which are now available to the majority of people on Facebook.

To help you make the best decision about which settings are right for you, we're continuing to launch more resources to help you understand your privacy options on Facebook. Remember, your privacy settings themselves have not changed with this update; we've simply added ways to control what you share with fewer steps.

Today, we've launched a new Facebook and Privacy Page to complement the privacy guide we previously revamped on the site and a series of video tutorials we started publishing last week.

The Facebook and Privacy Page serves as a living resource and a venue to facilitate an interactive discussion about privacy with all of you. We'll regularly post updates on relevant new content, products and news stories related to online privacy. Already you'll find a repository of online privacy resources both from Facebook and outside experts, including our video tutorials on how to choose your settings as well as links to our privacy guide and FAQs.

Going forward, we'll be posting updates about new materials we create, tips on how to control your sharing and links to relevant news stories and viewpoints.

We encourage you to like the Page to receive those ongoing updates in your News Feed. We also want to hear from you on the Page, so please provide feedback by commenting on our posts to let us know your thoughts on privacy or to provide suggestions on developing the Page.

Along with the new Page, we've introduced our second video in the "Learn More" series. This newest video offers a step-by-step guide to the new controls for sharing on your privacy settings page:



We'll be launching even more videos, so be sure to like our official Facebook Page or the new Facebook and Privacy Page to be updated when they are available.

As always, we want to hear your feedback. Let us know about your questions, suggestions, and experiences at http://www.facebook.com/privacyfeedback. We'll be answering some of your most common questions in future posts on this blog.


Simon, a manager on Facebook's public policy team, is sharing privacy tips on the new Facebook and Privacy Page.