Straight Talk by Nimfa L. Estrellado Facebook users have been warned for years to be careful about what they post on Facebook. The...
Straight Talk
by Nimfa L. Estrellado
Facebook users have been warned for years to be careful about what they post on Facebook.
The concerns continue mount and even morph. Now facebook is under fire, facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg faces the wrath of Congress.
‘You’re collecting medical data on people that are on the internet whether they’re Facebook users or not, right?’ U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor questions Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
‘Yes, we collect some data for security purposes.’ said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg testified on Capitol Hill this week for the first time. A social media visionary preaching a gospel of digital connection – facing tough, tough questions over revelations that some 87 million users had their personal data mined by advertisers without their knowledge. Facebook has operated beyond borders – now it’s facing bipartisan calls for federal regulation.
In 2011Facebook began allowing access to third parties of Facebook user’s phone numbers and other profile information, with user’s permission, of course. Apparently not all user’s believed they had given permission and this campaign came to a quick halt with Facebook acknowledging that they got “useful feedback that they could make people more clearly aware of when they are granting access to this data.”
Facebook has played the “our bad” game more than once with Facebook users’ privacy concerns. Still, Facebook’s VP for Public Policy Elliot Schrage, who participated in a Q & A session through the New York Times before tells Facebook users “If you’re not comfortable sharing don’t.” Many users and privacy advocates still believe Facebook makes it so easy to share, too hard to notice what you’re agreeing to and too easy for outsiders to access your Facebook information.
This is a brilliant response of my facebook friend Mr. Ben Kritz to Facebook on privacy issues “If you use a public platform, the smart perspective is to assume that anyone can see what you do. If there’s something you don’t want someone else to know, keep it to yourself. It’s not that complicated, really. And blaming data manipulators for altering public opinions is actually kind of childish, because the only opinions you can speak on with any authority are your own. And admitting that those are subject to outside interference is as much as admitting you’re too stupid or too lazy to think for yourself. Granted, Facebook has been reckless, I think, and they need to work on that quickly and sincerely. But ultimately, the platform is what you make of it, and what you let it make of you. If that’s too much for some people to handle -- and it probably is for some people -- then stay away from it.
We have been warned so many times that there are things should remain private on Facebook but some people just don’t listen! Why? They love to talk about theirselves. People are posting about what they do, where they are or what they’re eating.
Like all other social media, Facebook is specifically designed for people to share their lives with others but oversharing on social media can become a problem.
Anyone active on social media should be aware of the dangers that could occur on the internet. Whether or not you overshare on social media, you should always be careful on the personal information you add online. Limiting your information and posts will lessen the possibilities of your exposure towards these threats. Social media accounts only ask for our general details like our name, email address and birthdate, other details are optional. Other ways to protect you from the dangers of oversharing are: by disabling your location sometimes, and simply practicing proper content moderation.
Facebook users have been warned for years to be careful about what they post on Facebook.
The concerns continue mount and even morph. Now facebook is under fire, facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg faces the wrath of Congress.
‘You’re collecting medical data on people that are on the internet whether they’re Facebook users or not, right?’ U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor questions Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
‘Yes, we collect some data for security purposes.’ said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg testified on Capitol Hill this week for the first time. A social media visionary preaching a gospel of digital connection – facing tough, tough questions over revelations that some 87 million users had their personal data mined by advertisers without their knowledge. Facebook has operated beyond borders – now it’s facing bipartisan calls for federal regulation.
In 2011Facebook began allowing access to third parties of Facebook user’s phone numbers and other profile information, with user’s permission, of course. Apparently not all user’s believed they had given permission and this campaign came to a quick halt with Facebook acknowledging that they got “useful feedback that they could make people more clearly aware of when they are granting access to this data.”
Facebook has played the “our bad” game more than once with Facebook users’ privacy concerns. Still, Facebook’s VP for Public Policy Elliot Schrage, who participated in a Q & A session through the New York Times before tells Facebook users “If you’re not comfortable sharing don’t.” Many users and privacy advocates still believe Facebook makes it so easy to share, too hard to notice what you’re agreeing to and too easy for outsiders to access your Facebook information.
This is a brilliant response of my facebook friend Mr. Ben Kritz to Facebook on privacy issues “If you use a public platform, the smart perspective is to assume that anyone can see what you do. If there’s something you don’t want someone else to know, keep it to yourself. It’s not that complicated, really. And blaming data manipulators for altering public opinions is actually kind of childish, because the only opinions you can speak on with any authority are your own. And admitting that those are subject to outside interference is as much as admitting you’re too stupid or too lazy to think for yourself. Granted, Facebook has been reckless, I think, and they need to work on that quickly and sincerely. But ultimately, the platform is what you make of it, and what you let it make of you. If that’s too much for some people to handle -- and it probably is for some people -- then stay away from it.
We have been warned so many times that there are things should remain private on Facebook but some people just don’t listen! Why? They love to talk about theirselves. People are posting about what they do, where they are or what they’re eating.
Like all other social media, Facebook is specifically designed for people to share their lives with others but oversharing on social media can become a problem.
Anyone active on social media should be aware of the dangers that could occur on the internet. Whether or not you overshare on social media, you should always be careful on the personal information you add online. Limiting your information and posts will lessen the possibilities of your exposure towards these threats. Social media accounts only ask for our general details like our name, email address and birthdate, other details are optional. Other ways to protect you from the dangers of oversharing are: by disabling your location sometimes, and simply practicing proper content moderation.
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