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Mark Zuckerberg has made an announcement at a live event at Facebook headquarters that they will soon implement slightly new privacy settings in response to public outcry.

Zuckerberg writes on the Official Facebook Blog:

Today we're starting to roll out some changes that will make all of these controls a lot simpler. We've focused on three things: a single control for your content, more powerful controls for your basic information and an easy control to turn off all applications.

While it appears the default privacy setting will remain "opt-in," there will be some changes.

Mashable.com summarizes:

1. One simple control for changing content viewing permissions to friends-only, friends-of-friends, or everyone — it applies to everything you’ve published on Facebook in the past. This setting will also apply to everything you publish in the future.
2. A simple way for determining how people can find you on Facebook, and what users that aren’t your friend can see.
3. A simple way for turning off the Facebook Platform, specifically, being able to opt-out of Facebook’s new instant personalization features and providing third-party sites with information.
4. A way to opt-out of sharing your friends list and the Pages that you like.

Three cheers for simplicity.  As the new settings go live over the next few weeks, let's see those simplicity controls in action.  I certainly am tired of swimming through a myriad of un-checked privacy settings on Facebook.