Facebook parent company Meta announced today that it is consolidating user settings across its range of applications which include Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. In the process, a number of existing settings will be moved into Meta Accounts Center” feature, initially to be launched at the end of 2020. Particularly the new features will be a result of Meta shifting settings pertaining to personal information, passwords, security options and ad preferences into this section, which will be accessible via the Settings page of every application.
Meta states that the change is designed to make its settings experience simpler for users to use. However, the continual shifting of app settingsan issue that Facebook especially is known for shifting over the years and can cause confusion for users. However, in this instance it’s not difficult to locate the latest changes, because they’ll be found in the section Settings.
Today, just over two years older the Meta Accounts Center was introduced at the time that a number of regulatory bodies as well as governments were investigating Meta for antitrust violations. Although the feature in certain ways shows the numerous methods of collecting data across Meta’s collection of apps, it could also serve to show legislators how Meta can make it easier for users to manage their personal dataas Meta hopes to do.
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With the new update, users can make decisions about their data, which are more uniform across all platforms, Meta argues in its announcement regarding its new capabilities. As an example, customers can make their preferences for ad topics across Facebook and Instagram all in one location according to the announcement.
Alongside the new configurations, Meta is updating data about user’s activity that is not under Partners Control, which it is now calling this information about activity from advertising partners. This will let users know how their actions are transmitted to different websites and apps for the purpose of generating advertisements, Meta explains. Meta says that it’s making changes to allow users to
