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"Users in New Zealand are starting to see new settings for their Facebook accounts that make it easier to set privacy controls, according to a report.\nThe Next Web reports that those users are seeing a \"new privacy shortcut menu\" that has been added to the main bar on the site. A \"privacy settings and tools\" page also outlines an overview of privacy options and lets users prevent their Timelines from being indexed by search engines. \nIt's not clear when users in other countries will get access to the new settings. Reps from Facebook could not be reached for comment.\nFacebook announced the new controls on Dec. 12. The tools make it easier for you to pick which of your friends or subscribers can view your personal info, status updates and photos. It also makes it simpler for you to ask someone on the network to take down a photo in which you are featured. \nFacebook is also making changes to your Activity Log, which will make it easier to see where your personal data is traveling across Facebook's Open Graph. Another change: apps must separately ask for permission to tap into your personal information and to post status updates for you. Both actions were previously handled with a single request.\nIn addition to those changes, Facebook is also removing the option to hide from other Facebook users looking for your name. That move is designed to make Facebook a bigger player in search. \nAccording to TNW's report, Facebook is showing users a window that answers the question \"How do I stop someone from bothering me?\" (\"You can block someone to unfriend them and prevent them from starting conversations with you or seeing things you post in your Timeline,\" is the answer.) The security options are visible on your profile page next to the \"Home\" tab. \nThe enhanced privacy options come during the same week that the Facebook-owned Instagram faced a mini-controversy over a change in its Terms of Service that would give the unit the right to use members' photos in ads. Instagram backpedaled on that decision two days later. \nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, AndreyGatash"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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