Facebook Provides a Preview of Its Privacy Makeover

Site will allow European users to opt out of targeted ads and facial-recognition, but it will still harder to do than sharing

In a preview of how Facebook Inc. is changing its privacy policies, the site this week will start asking European users for permission to use their personal data to power features like facial recognition and some forms of targeted advertising.

Even with the updates, opting out of those features will remain more difficult than sharing such information with the social-media giant.

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