Facebook initially advocated for privacy, saying it wanted as much information as possible to be private, so people could share more information ( Kirkpatrick, 2009). However, over the past year, Facebook has changed its privacy policies, making information more public and making it impossible to turn some of it into more private information. However, Mark Zuckerberg has made an about-face on privacy, saying that people now want to share more information and that society is changing and these new policies are a reflection of that change (Kirkpatrick, 2010). However, because Facebook has many users and has such an impact on our society, they are more than just spectators, they do not reflect social change but impose it (Kirkpatrick, 2009). This change in privacy affects many people since their information is now available to anyone who wants it, not just a small circle of trusted friends, leaving a window open for people like stalkers (Singel, 2009) who can know everything about a person. or theft, since a lot of a person's personal information is accessible, personalized scams would be easier to pull off. However, not everyone sees this change as something bad. With the rise of sites such as Twitter, MySpace, the arrival of new personal blogs daily, etc., it is clear that people are more open to sharing information (Kirkpatrick, 2010). The new privacy settings are also simpler now, allowing the 85% of users who had never changed their settings before (Kirkpatrick, 2009) to do so. It's clear that most people aren't opposed to these changes since more than 10 million users have joined since Facebook's official statement, and 50% have changed their privacy settings. If this pattern continues...... middle of paper ......ok-privacy-backlash/>. Access date May 22, 2010.8. Unknown, “Facebook is considering a privacy U-turn.” BBC. May 19, 2010. Access date May 22, 2010.9. Kirkpatrick, Marshall. "Why Facebook changed its privacy strategy". Read Write Web. December 10, 2009. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_facebook_changed_privacy_policies.php>. Access date May 22, 201010. Kirkpatrick, Marshall. "Why Facebook is wrong: Privacy still matters". Read Write Web. January 11, 2010. Access date May 22, 201011. Kirkpatrick, Marshall. "Facebook's Zuckerberg says the era of privacy is over". Read Write Web. January 9, 2010. Access date May 22, 2010