Permission setting method, apparatus and system

The invention discloses a permission setting method, apparatus and system, belonging to the mobile communication technical field. The permission setting method comprises the steps of: receiving a trigger signal used for establishing a relation between a current account and a target account; obtaining permission information which comprises the check permission of checking the information in a social applications sharing platform of the current account by the target account, and/ or the display permission of displaying the information in a social applications sharing platform of the target account in the social applications sharing platform of the current account; and sending a relation building request including the permission information to a server so as to control displaying contents in the social applications sharing platform(s) of the current account and/or the target account according to the permission information after the server establishes the relation between the current account and the target account. The permission setting method, apparatus and system solve the problem that the prior art can not effectively control the information in a social applications sharing platform requiring displaying.