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Facebook’s new extended search feature sparks privacy concerns over older posts

Posted on October 26, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

The Irish Examiner reports:

Facebook users have been warned to check their privacy settings after the social network introduced a new search feature that added nearly two trillion old posts to its archive.

Until now, the search feature on the site focused mainly on groups, events and profile pages, with individual posts difficult to locate this way. However the update will see posts made publicly – as well as entire conversations – visible to anyone on the site via search.

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