Facebook Founder – 'No One Wants Online Privacy Anymore'

Well, Facebook has already been under severe criticism regarding their privacy policies and to add fuel to fire, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook when interviewed by Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch at Crunchie Awards (where Facebook scored a Hatrick) announced in front of a live audience that If he were to create Facebook again today, user information would by default be public, not private.

Mark Zuckerber Said:

“A lot of companies would be trapped by the conventions and their legacies of what they’ve built. Doing a privacy change ” doing a privacy change for 350 million users ” is not the kind of thing that a lot of companies would do.”

Last year Facebook found itself mired in controversy several times as it tried to update the social networking site’s privacy policies. Under the latest policy change, implemented in December, the site’s default privacy settings allow anyone to view a user’s profile, photos and status updates, rather than “friends” and “friends of friends.” Users have to actively modify their privacy settings to prevent their information from being shared with “everyone.”

Here is the 6 Minute on stage interview video:

With inputs from RRW and Channel Web

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