and its
users came to a head when the site rolled out new
privacy controls for users, but had adjusted those
settings to be public by default. Even users that had
previously set their privacy to be “friends-only” for
photos and profile information had their content
exposed, including the profile of Zuckerberg himself.
When asked about the change, Zuckerberg explained
that the moves were in response to a shift in social
norms towards openness and away from privacy,
saying “we decided that these would be the social
norms now and we just went for it.”