Facebook, a multibillion-dollar company built on a public social network that once hoped to make the world more connected and open, is shifting direction to emphasize a “privacy-focused communications platform” according to a long note on Wednesday from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg’s post also acknowledged concerns people have with Facebook’s already vast scope and governments’ ability to tap into communications across it. “There is also a growing concern among some that technology may be centralizing power in the hands of governments and companies like ours.” Encrypted messaging would help protect people’s communications from both, he notes.
Public social networks will continue to be very important in people's lives -- for connecting with everyone you know, discovering new people, ideas and content, and giving people a voice more broadly. People find these valuable every day, and there are still a lot of useful services to build on top of them. But now, with all the ways people also want to interact privately, there's also an opportunity to build a simpler platform that's focused on privacy first.
Over the next few years, we plan to rebuild more of our services around these ideas. The decisions we'll face along the way will mean taking positions on important issues concerning the future of the internet. We understand there are a lot of tradeoffs to get right, and we're committed to consulting with experts and discussing the best way forward. This will take some time, but we're not going to develop this major change in our direction behind closed doors.
There is a growing awareness that the more entities that have access to your data, the more vulnerabilities there are for someone to misuse it or for a cyber attack to expose it. There is also a growing concern among some that technology may be centralizing power in the hands of governments and companies like ours. And some people worry that our services could access their messages and use them for advertising or in other ways they don't expect.
Finding the right ways to protect both privacy and safety is something societies have historically grappled with. There are still many open questions here and we'll consult with safety experts, law enforcement and governments on the best ways to implement safety measures. We'll also need to work together with other platforms to make sure that as an industry we get this right. The more we can create a common approach, the better.
'Privacy-Focused' meaning they won't spy on you as relentlessly as they did before.
Nope, wouldn't trust him to clean out my cat's litter tray without rooting through it and flogging what he found.
LOL
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