Facebook Checklist
Facebook offers a multitude of configuration options. It’s not always easy to keep track of all the various settings offered and to select the best settings to keep your account secure. Our checklist is meant to assist you to protect your account and all your published information in the best possible way.
You can head straight to the Facebook Safety Centre or take a look through the information we collated.
Facebook Checklist
- Do you know all your Friends?
- Who can find and contact you?
- Who can see your content on Facebook?
- Do you know how to use Facebook’s Reporting Tools?
- How can you change the ads you see?
- How do you manage Friends lists?
- How do you stop someone bothering you?
You’re in Charge!
Facebook’s privacy settings help you control who can see your stuff on Facebook and how you connect with other people. To find out more, check out the Privacy Basics here www.facebook.com/about/basics.
Here you can learn about how to manage your privacy as well as staying safe and secure using Facebook. Be sure to scroll down and ‘Take the Privacy Checkup’!
Facebook have made checking your security settings quick and easy. Go to your account settings and select Privacy. If you’re using the Facebook app go to your account and scroll down to Privacy Shortcuts.
Here you will see:
- Who can see my stuff?
- Who can contact me?
- How do I stop someone bothering me?
Know your audience
You also might like using lists if you want to organise groups of friends to share with. You can choose from Close friends, Acquaintances and Restricted, or create your own custom lists.
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Click Friend lists under Explore on the left-hand side of your News Feed.
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Click Create List.
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Name your list and add friends.
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You can also use the menu next to a friend’s name to select the list you want to add them to.
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Click Friend lists under Explore on the left-hand side of your News Feed.
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Click the name of the list you want to edit.
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Click Manage list > Edit list
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Click On this list > Friends
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Search for friends, then click on their name to add them to the list.
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Click Finish.
Who can see my stuff?
Wondering how your profile looks to other people and what they can see? Use the View As tool.
To use View As:
- Go to your profile and click
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- Click View As… in the drop-down menu.
- You’ll see what your profile looks like to the public. To see how your profile appears to a specific person, such as a friend or colleague, click View as specific person, type their name and press Enter.
Bear in mind that posts and photos you’ve hidden on your timeline are still visible to the audience that they’re shared with and in other places on Facebook, such as in News Feed and search.
Take a Privacy Checkup
To go to Privacy Checkup:
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Click
in the top right of Facebook.
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Click Settings & Privacy > Privacy Checkup.
How can I change the Ads I see?
Facebook’s Privacy Basics tool lets you take control of the ads you see by liking Pages, adding interests to your Timeline and clicking on ads you find useful or interesting. Whilst this won’t change how many ads you see, it will help Facebook know more about what you like and the ads you see should be more relevant.
Changing your preferences
To understand why you’re seeing a particular ad:
- Click the Cross in the right hand corner of the ad (x).
- Select About this Ad
To hide ads that you don’t want to see:
- Select the Cross that is next to the ad again.
- Select I don’t want to see this
- If you don’t want any more like this then select Hide all from advertiser
Facebook’s Reporting Tools
Report abuse to Facebook
If you feel that you are being bullied on Facebook, you can report it on the site using the Drop Down in the corner of any post. Use the Social Reporting feature to get help from a parent, teacher or trusted friend without reporting the bully directly.
The Social Reporting tool can be really useful if a friend posts something like an embarrassing photo which may not break Facebook’s rules.
To learn more about Social Reporting go to www.facebook.com/report