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Released: November 03, 2011
Facebook Timeline a new privacy test
Source: Michaelle Bond, USA Today
When Lisa Hope King created her Facebook account in 2004, things were much simpler. Facebook was a new website with a straightforward format. King’s status as a sophomore at Rutgers University granted her access to a social-networking site aimed at college students.
“It felt very personal,” King, 27, says. The amount of information Facebook members could share was minimal.
Now, members can share everything from their employer to their current location. Facebook’s coming overhaul of its members’ profile pages will more prominently show users’ Facebook pasts all the way back to the creation of their accounts.
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