On Wednesday, Facebook will unveil a new version of its privacy menu intended to make adjusting the settings much easier for its members.
Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via Associated Press
Facebook’s complicated privacy settings have frustrated some users.Chris Cox, vice president for product at the company, speaking on-stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, a technology conference in New York City, described the revised controls as “drastically simplified.”
Mr. Cox said that the move was part of a larger effort to quell the growing frustration of some Facebook users befuddled as well as concerned by recent revisions to its privacy policy that makes more personal information public.
Currently, Facebook users are required to navigate through 50 settings with more than 170 different options to adjust how much of their profile information is accessible to anyone on the Internet. As Facebook extends itself to other Web sites across the Internet, that information is shared more widely.
Mr. Cox declined to offer any more details, but said the company was responding to user feedback and is working with consultants to address recent privacy concerns.
“It’s been a humbling couple of weeks for us,” Mr. Cox said.
Mr. Cox’s announcement comes one day after Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of the company, published an editorial in The Washington Post, saying the company “moved too fast” with its most recent changes
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