Just a little Something...
Through out the duration of our time in Mass Communications I found we were constantly talking about Facebook and how dangerous it really was. Meanwhile the whole time I denied the fact to myself that it was as dangerous as everyone made it out to be, until I came across a group on Facebook itself entitled Things you Didn't Know about Facebook. This group labels everything that is bad about Facebook and after reading it I realized that everything our teachers were telling us about facebook is actually true.Here are just a FEW of the points that are listed on the group:
Did you know..
- that during the last year FACEBOOK’s worldwide growth has been 118% monthly!
- With more than 10 billion private photos FACEBOOK is the no. 1 photo sharing application in the world. Agreeing to FACEBOOK Privacy Policy means that you waive all your rights, as they can use all your photos freely. (Nobody knows whether this claim would be actually legal in court).
- That FACEBOOK reserves every right to register and keep all kind of your private information and FACEBOOK activities – even after you eliminate your profile” (see Facebook Privacy). You are immortal.
- That the owner of FACEBOOK Mark Zuckerberg has rejected offers in the range of $975 million to hand over Facebook. If FACEBOOK is sold, all registered private information will be handed over to the new owners – even after you have deleted your profile! It means you have no control who will end up with your personal data.
- because FACEBOOK has its headquarter in the USA it can only be sued according to US legislation. If the FACEBOOK headquarter was located in the European Union the FACEBOOK Privacy Terms would definitely be illegal.
- that by using FACEBOOK you are an essential part of the global cyber economy. Personal information about you is being transferred between partners you probably never heard about.- that recently a number of serious viruses which attempt to infect users by promising free videos have been tracked (October 2008). Take care and don't follow strange links.
Scary huh? I know i sure thought so. The internet is a very large community with facebook being just a very small part of it. Be careful and make sure to take everything that is incorporated within the media with a grain of salt.
-Brittany.
posted by Brittany Pacitti's Mass Communications @ 6:41 AM
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