Facebook: Friend or Foe?
Data Privacy Issues
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is currently at trial for the data privacy issues Facebook is involved in. Recently third parties have been accessing and buying user's data without their permission and Mr. Zuckerberg is being held accountable for this. The shocking part is that this has occurred before but on a much larger scale. So the question is, is Facebook a friend or foe?
The first incident of this problem happened during the 2016 U.S. presidential election where "evidence of Russian interference through advertising was discovered" (Castillo). Facebook has been accessing user's data in order to "help advertisers target ads more effectively" (Castillo). Although at the time this may have been a great idea, now it is out of control.
Imagine waking up to find out your information has been sold to an unknown third party. This is an alarming issue and being a Facebook user myself has me wondering if I was one of the many whose information was sold. I appreciate Mr. Zuckerberg admitting that it was "a huge mistake, my mistake" on allowing this lack of security to take place. Our privacy is the thing we should have the most control over and if it isn't then what has humanity come to?
Facebook is a place where I go to connect and catch up with friends and family. I shouldn't be limited to what I want to post because I'm afraid it'll be stolen by some third party. I'm glad Mark Zuckerberg is establishing a plan to fix this problem, but how effective will it actually be?
Below is a video of lawmakers asking Mr. Zuckerberg some confusing and hilarious questions.
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