Google to make changes to just-released Buzz

19:57 15th February 2010

In a bid to respond to privacy concerns about its just-released Buzz social networking service, Google has announced plans to roll out a series of changes.

Critics have said there is too little control over who can follow users, adding that there is no way to block people who do not have public profiles.

They have also complained that their contacts were being made public without their knowledge and that the checkbox for choosing not to show information about contacts is not easy to find.

Todd Jackson, product manager of Gmail and Google Buzz, said in a blog post the company will make changes in three main areas, including a more visible option to not display followers or the people users are following on their public profile.

In other news, the US government has turned down Google's revised plan to create a massive digital library because it posed potential copyright and antitrust concerns.

"The amended settlement agreement still confers significant and possibly anti-competitive advantages on Google as a single entity," said the Department of Justice.

Written by Hannah James

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