, Columnist
Zuckerberg's Just Doing What He'd Have Been Forced to Do
Facebook is merely putting in place the privacy policies demanded by Europe's stringent new GDPR regime.
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Mark Zuckerberg is making it easier to tear digital pages out of your Facebook. But that doesn't mean he wants to.
At first glance, it's a sincere reaction to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Under the rubric "It's Time to Make Our Privacy Tools Easier to Find", Facebook Inc. outlined how it will show users what personal data the social network holds, who can see it, and -- crucially -- limit how it can be used to serve you ads. You'll also be able to delete any of it from its servers.