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New Features in FacebookSept2011

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New Features in Facebook (September 2011)

Tagging

If someone tags you in a photo you can now be notified before it’s made public. You can then either approvethe tag, declineto be tagged or even ask the individual to take the photo down. We feel this is a great new feature and advise all Facebook users, young and old, to turn it on. It is called Approve All Posts

Sharing withEveryone optionhas been changed to Public to more accurately describe who can see.

Posting

You can change who sees a post after the fact with an inline control.

More information on this on the facebook blog here.

 

https://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=10150251867797131

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Location

Facebook users now have the option of adding their location and people they’re with whenever they leave a comment. We recommend that under 18 users don’t sharetheir location on social networking sites. Make sure young people you’re working with have turned off the option to share their location in their Facebook privacy settings

Security

HTTPS

Facebook have introduced the option of accessing your account via a secure webpage. If you’re not familiar with HTTPS it’s a common security feature on most online shopping and banking sites that helps to prevent accounts from being hacked into on open networks. Facebook users will need to manually switch on this feature by going to

Account – Account Settings – Security – Secure Browsing

We recommend that all Facebook users turn this setting on! However, it’s not foolproof. To use some games and apps you have to turn it off again. It’s important for children and young people to be aware of the implications of this.