Facebook founder’s sister runs foul of privacy laws

It seems even Mark Zuckerberg’s family can get tripped up by Facebook’s privacy settings.

A picture that Zuckerberg’s sister posted on her personal Facebook profile was seen by a marketing director, who then posted the picture to Twitter and her more than 40,000 followers.

That did not sit well with Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi, who tweeted at Callie Schweitzer that the picture was meant for friends only.

Ms Schweitzer replied by saying the picture popped up on her Facebook news feed. Randi Zuckerberg eventually said Ms Schweitzer was able to see the picture as they had a mutual friend. Those tweets have been taken down.

Many people reacted sharply to Randi Zuckerberg, saying her brother’s company makes privacy settings hard to navigate.

Meanwhile, Facebook- owned Instagram has been hit with a class action civil lawsuit accusing the company of breach of contract and other misdeeds associated with its recent proposed terms of service changes.

Since announcing the provision that would allow Instagram to sell users’ photos without notice or compensation, the site has delayed its Jan 16 plans to put the changes into effect and apologised for any confusion.