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How to Set Your Facebook Privacy Settings

Facebook, since its mistakes with the Beacon advertising incident, has rolled out one of the most robust security systems for any social network, which allows users to control who sees what information about them with great specificity. Take a look at Facebook's privacy features and how to set yours.

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Social Ads Click on the third tab, Social Ads. Choose whether your Facebook friends or "no one" can see your actions related to advertisements on the site. This relates specifically to the Beacon advertising controversy, when users found that actions they took on websites of Facebook advertisers were publicized for friends to see. According to Facebook, "Facebook occasionally pairs advertisements with relevant social actions from a user's friends to create Social Ads."