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Privacy setting

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

nounCommon term

In social media & content creation, privacy setting means: A user-controlled option that determines how personal content or account activity can be seen or accessed.

In Turkish: gizlilik ayarı

How it is used

Change or review a privacy setting when managing visibility; a privacy policy instead explains data-handling practices.

Example sentences

  1. This privacy setting limits who can see the story.

    The option changes the content's permitted audience.

  2. Review the privacy setting before sharing the team photograph.

    Visibility is checked before personal material is posted.

Common collocations

  • change a privacy setting
  • review privacy settings
  • storyA short photo or video that appears at the top of an app and disappears after 24 hours, used for casual, everyday updates.
  • social platformAn app or website where people, brands, or communities publish content, interact with others, and build an audience through posts, messages, follows, and sharing tools. In this field, it is usually shorthand for social media platform.

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