People have been reluctant to discuss whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s revelations about the U.S. National Security Agency’s surveillance activities in social media, the Pew Center Internet Project reported last week. Only 42 percent of the 1,800 adults interviewed by the center were willing to post their views on the topic on their Facebook and Twitter accounts, although 82 percent were willing to discuss it face to face with others. Respondents were more willing to discuss the issue, either online or in person, with others of the same opinion.
I have stopped posting anything to Face Book or using their sign in. I had an account for years to communicate with my kids, and never used it to share News articles I commented on, or as a means to sign in. I had no problems.
Then many of the news outlets forced people to have a Face Book account (sharing all kinds of personal information with potential hackers and internet trolls)so I started using it to share and sign in.
After about six months of sharing news articles and comments (Many that don't align with 'popular sentiments' (opinions) I could no longer sign in to the news media using Face Book. I could sign into Face Book but not from the links provided by the news sources. I had posts disappear from Face Book (what's on my mind)and was blocked from commenting on all News articles that required a Face Book sign in.
I emailed many of the news sources directly (editors ETC) and it was not them blocking my access. It has something to do with Face Book. On a couple of occasions where I shared to Face Book from other sign in sources, the link at Face Book would be different from the link if I went there directly.
I strongly suspect that many of the Social Networking groups are using their 'popularity to herd people' in a direction they approve of.
As far as Mr. Snowden exposing the fact that our Government don't play by the rules, I feel it was 'good'. Of course I have known this for years. Our so called 'public servants' have placed themselves above the laws We created to govern them, and this has been the case for at least a hundred years in America and the several States.
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What Lies Beneath Social Media Users’ Self-Censoring Ways
Posted by: Richard Adhikari September 2, 2014 12:50 PMPeople have been reluctant to discuss whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s revelations about the U.S. National Security Agency’s surveillance activities in social media, the Pew Center Internet Project reported last week. Only 42 percent of the 1,800 adults interviewed by the center were willing to post their views on the topic on their Facebook and Twitter accounts, although 82 percent were willing to discuss it face to face with others. Respondents were more willing to discuss the issue, either online or in person, with others of the same opinion.
Then many of the news outlets forced people to have a Face Book account (sharing all kinds of personal information with potential hackers and internet trolls)so I started using it to share and sign in.
After about six months of sharing news articles and comments (Many that don't align with 'popular sentiments' (opinions) I could no longer sign in to the news media using Face Book. I could sign into Face Book but not from the links provided by the news sources. I had posts disappear from Face Book (what's on my mind)and was blocked from commenting on all News articles that required a Face Book sign in.
I emailed many of the news sources directly (editors ETC) and it was not them blocking my access. It has something to do with Face Book. On a couple of occasions where I shared to Face Book from other sign in sources, the link at Face Book would be different from the link if I went there directly.
I strongly suspect that many of the Social Networking groups are using their 'popularity to herd people' in a direction they approve of.
As far as Mr. Snowden exposing the fact that our Government don't play by the rules, I feel it was 'good'. Of course I have known this for years. Our so called 'public servants' have placed themselves above the laws We created to govern them, and this has been the case for at least a hundred years in America and the several States.