I am unable to see the friends of my UK friends and my friend list is completely hidden from everyone? why is this happening?
Expected behavior
I would expect to be able to see the friends of my friends and I would expect people to be able to see my friend list.
A private message is associated with this bug report
FYI to engineers: for some reason, the first report on this issue with greater detail/engagement was incorrectly marked as ‘Closed’.
Thanks, I had put this in the private message details section.
Hi! Thank you for reporting this. Wanted to clarify some behaviors and expectations.
We’ve made a privacy update for UK users that changes how your connections list is displayed on your profile. Now, other users in the UK can no longer see your full friends list on your Profile. They can still see your friend and follower counts, as well as mutual friends. This change is to align with UK privacy requirements.
Thanks so much for the transparency 
. Much better resolution than reports being closed without a response
Appreciate the response and clarification.
Will these privacy changes allow users to opt-out at any point in the future? Or is this something that will be permanently enabled for all UK users?
I think it would make more sense if users had the option of choosing whether they display on other people’s friend list, rather than hiding the friend list for everyone in the UK. Some individuals like to keep their friend list public. Although I’m not quite sure about the business logic and exact UK policy behind what has been implemented, perhaps this was necessary.
Why is this only available to UK users? I’d love to be able to take advantage of enhanced privacy features, but I’m not in the UK.
Public friend lists could just default to OFF for UK users and be a choice for everyone else.
