We're Changing

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week by announcing an extensive overhaul of the site's privacy tools, most notably a simpler set of controls for opting out of information sharing.

Will Facebook's revised privacy policies quell the quit-Facebook brigade? It's possible, but a certain degree of distrust is bound to remain.

The "Quit Facebook Day" page says it best: "Facebook gives you choices about how to manage your data, but they aren't fair choices, and while the onus is on the individual to manage these choices, Facebook makes it damn difficult for the average user to understand or manage this. We also don't think Facebook has much respect for you or your data, especially in the context of the future."

The organizers of "Quit Facebook Day," Joseph Dee and Matthew Milan, both of Toronto, couldn't be reached for comment.