Facebook is having a tough month. First, it was revealed that the company hired a PR firm to portray competitor Google in a negative light, and now it is facing an even worse scenario: government regulation. The Social Networking Privacy Act, introduced into the California Senate, would force any social networking site to make new users choose their privacy settings when they register and make the default settings private except for name and city of residence. This is a huge challenge to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has argued that making personal data public is the new “social norm.”
People should be given the choice if they want their life story shared with the rest of the web. I don't see the what the argument is... I thought facebook was the best thing ever until I realised that it shares everything about me with the world unless I tell it not too. God knows how many people out there haven't even heard of privacy settings and are posting away completely oblivious..
I'm pretty sure entrepreneurs will be able to work something out without turning their applications into a stalkers paradise. Invention and working things out is what they're meant to be good at, right? Oh and I say this as a software developer.
"This is a huge challenge to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg who has argued that making personal data public is the new 'social norm.'" Horrible.
What is wrong with this: "In addition to its stipulations about privacy settings, the bill would force social networking sites to remove any personally identifying information that a user wants to delete and would allow parents to edit their children's Facebook profiles." If I ask a site to remove my data, it should, without question. And as a parent, if my child is under 18 he lives by my rules...that is just good parenting. If my child posts something that I feel is dangerous/unsafe than I should be able to edit it.
Did they really say this: "
As advocacy group NetChoice has pointed out, 'the bill would chill free expression by requiring social networks to remove any statements about an individual that include their picture, video, or place of employment (regardless of age) upon that individual's request.'" ? If I want it removed and it is about me, you should have to remove it. When did privacy become a 4 letter word?
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The Antisocial Social Networking Bill
Posted by: Sonia Arrison May 18, 2011 05:00 AMFacebook is having a tough month. First, it was revealed that the company hired a PR firm to portray competitor Google in a negative light, and now it is facing an even worse scenario: government regulation. The Social Networking Privacy Act, introduced into the California Senate, would force any social networking site to make new users choose their privacy settings when they register and make the default settings private except for name and city of residence. This is a huge challenge to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has argued that making personal data public is the new “social norm.”
I'm pretty sure entrepreneurs will be able to work something out without turning their applications into a stalkers paradise. Invention and working things out is what they're meant to be good at, right? Oh and I say this as a software developer.
What is wrong with this: "In addition to its stipulations about privacy settings, the bill would force social networking sites to remove any personally identifying information that a user wants to delete and would allow parents to edit their children's Facebook profiles." If I ask a site to remove my data, it should, without question. And as a parent, if my child is under 18 he lives by my rules...that is just good parenting. If my child posts something that I feel is dangerous/unsafe than I should be able to edit it.
Did they really say this: "
As advocacy group NetChoice has pointed out, 'the bill would chill free expression by requiring social networks to remove any statements about an individual that include their picture, video, or place of employment (regardless of age) upon that individual's request.'" ? If I want it removed and it is about me, you should have to remove it. When did privacy become a 4 letter word?