If Web sites adopt the new plug-in, Facebook users will be able to control what they share with whom on Facebook from the Web app without having to go to Facebook to do it.
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Facebook today launched a plug-in for Web app developers to use that gives people greater control over what activities of theirs are shared back with Facebook to be broadcast to their friends.
Currently, when people use apps like Spotify that are linked to their Facebook accounts, they have to go to Facebook to change the privacy settings if they don't want to spam all their Facebook friends with the latest song they are listening to. But if developers add the "Shared Activity" plug-in to their apps, users can control the privacy settings related to what is shared with Facebook from within the app itself.
"From the plug-in on sites such as Airbnb, people can set the default Facebook audience for activity shared from your app, or manage the settings for stories previously published to Facebook, including selecting an audience or removing it altogether," Facebook's Andrew Chen explains in a blog post on the the Facebook Developer's page.
The plug-in lists a person's activities published to Facebook from the app, including when the user hits "like" or comments on items.
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