Facebook adds 'flags' for profile pictures, in move widely thought to be part of Mark Zuckerberg's new plan

Facebook will now let everyone add a flag to their profile picture, in a move thought to have a far wider significance than just letting people change up their photos. The change lets people add nearly 200 flags to their profile photos on the site. The frames began in 2015 as a way of showing support for a sport team – but has now widened to include a range of different national flags from the smallest to biggest countries. The change in itself is a reflection of the way that Facebook is giving people more and more tools to change up their pictures as a way of encouraging them to post more about themselves on the site. Changing pictures drives engagement and helps collect the data that Facebook uses to get ad revenues.