Here’s a look at all of Facebook’s recent privacy changes and updates, in one place, with working links. We will continue to update this list and Facebook rolls out more changes.
- Updated their terms of service to be easier to understand
- Turned off data access for unused apps
- Restricted Facebook login data for apps
- Made data settings and tools easier to find (privacy shortcuts)
- Kicked the Russian Internet Research Agency off Facebook
- Stopped using information from data brokers (like Acxiom) to supplement Facebook’s targeting
- Limited the data they send to developers across their APIs
- New link to check if data was shared with Cambridge Analytica
- Promised to introduce a delete messages feature, which removes old messages you’ve sent
- Beefed up verification for advertisers running political ads — electoral or issue-based
- More clear labeling for political and issue ads when you scroll in News Feed
- In June, releasing a way to view all the ads from a Page
- Launched new “Bug Bounty” program, will pay $40,000 to someone who outs the next “Cambridge Analytica”