Facebook's biggest pivot yet

15 years after he launched the "digital equivalent of a town square," Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is promising a major shift in the other direction.

Why it matters: "That would mark a sharp reversal for Facebook, which has grown into one of the worlds wealthiest companies by inventing exotic new methods of personal data collection," The Verge's Casey Newton writes.

It doesnt say how Facebook is going to make money in a world where it respects our privacy," the Washington Post's tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler tweets.

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