I was tempted to roll my eyes when Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg posted a manifesto on Wednesday outlining his plan to make social networking more "privacy-focused" and less about public disclosure of information.
Why take seriously someone who has repeatedly promised - but seldom delivered - improvements to Facebook's privacy practices? But I don't believe in cynicism: Things can get better if we want them to - through regulatory oversight and political pressure.
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