As Facebook
started its latest search app, Graph search (might be for few users and only in
few country), it has done some upgraded coding to help its users.
Facebook
has coded some special rules into Graph Search to make sure shady adults can’t stalk
minors. Facebook clarified that searches that could identify kids under 18 by age
or location won’t return any results for strange adults.
“On
Facebook, many things teens are likely to do – such as adding information to
their timelines or sharing status updates – can only be shared with a maximum
of Friends of Friends. In addition, for certain searches that could help to
identify a young person by age or by their location, results will only show to
that person’s Friends, or Friends of Friends who are also between the ages of
13-17.”
As Facebook
says, People should check their Activity Log and About sections to make sure
they’re sharing the right info with the right people. And if they spot
something sketchy on the social network, they should report it.
Graph
Search has lots of practical uses, from photo browsing to business discovery to
finding friends to hang out with on vacation. But if Facebook doesn't convince
the world it’s not creepy, it could shoot Graph Search in the foot before it’s
even up and running.
TechCrunch has
more.
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