The United States Is A Culture Of Sharing

Private information that was previously segregated now becomes easily accessible to employers, colleagues, recruiters, and clients, among other perhaps unintended audiences” (Abril, 2012, para. 4). Yes, most social media sites attain privacy settings but one must always remember there are hiccups in everything on the internet and no guarantees leaks will not occur.

So many users of the internet blindly browse and post on these sites without any thought to the online identity they are creating for themselves. Shares, tweets, hashtags, likes, and comments all combine to make up an amalgamation of marketable information. In November of 2016, an average of six thousand tweets were made per second, and ninety-five million Instagram posts were made per day (Sayce; Parker). Facebook “has become the largest database of personal information ever collected,” says Richard, and Facebook takes advantage of this. With almost two billion users, Facebook has no shortage of information to gather (Sparks). They do this mainly for targeted advertising. There is no small profit to be made in this. In 2011 Lori Andrews wrote, “Facebook made $3.2 billion in advertising revenue last year, 85% of it's total revenue.” However, Facebook and other internet corporations also relay data gathered on users to the

Time Newspaper has learnt that it's not surprising that Internet companies have electronic dossiers that contain personal information for individuals who subscribe to the websites. Generally, these companies have obtained the information from people based on individual's visit to the website, sent and received emails, tagged photos, and searches people carry out. However, the extent of personal information known by these Internet companies has remained largely unknown as well who they provide and/or sell this information to. However, Internet companies continue to gather lots of personal information from different people who focus on carrying out online activities on a daily basis. Currently, it's estimated that these firms gather personal information from nearly 500 million users but are hesitant to provide this information to the other firms or individuals. As their unwillingness to share has attracted significant congressional inquiry, things could finally change in California following the introduction of a bill that may force companies to disclose the kind of personal information they have gathered and how this information is being used.

In The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, Stone emphasizes Twitter's punishment in harsh tone in hopes to spread awareness in the urgency to change these careless entities running social sites such as twitter. Stone surfaces the need for outside parties intervening Twitter’s management skills and declares the, “...setup [of] a security program that will be audited by an outside company,” proposing the sites monitors and management teams were unskilled and negligent (Stone). The desperate call for help exposes the corrupt business practices of the social network. This case sheds light on similar issues leading twitter to believe "we think [the FTC] saw it as an opportunity to make an example of us in the hopes of curtailing breaches - including those many more serious than ours - in our industry" (Stone). Emerging the existence of conflicting cases surrounding the entire industry, Stone further builds an argument in agreeance with Kafka’s Bureaucracy, suggesting the whole industry of social networking sites to be fraudulent in the interest and pursuit of the privacy of data

Technology companies such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon were once seen as the pinnacle of innovation for not only the U.S, but the entire globe; This image has changed. With social media being used as a tool for interference in the 2016 presidential election by the Russians and companies like Google and Amazon withholding mass amounts of information regarding user’s shopping habits and personal lives, experts are changing their views on whether or not these services are actually beneficial. The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing regarding Russian use of Facebook, Twitter, and Google to manipulate the election, which further damages the

The Internet Won’t Hug You Back In “The Social Media Explosion,” author Marcia Clemmitt writes that social media is becoming more widely used. The popularity is causing invasion of privacy, leading to more community involvement, and affecting personal relationships. The author demonstrates that no one is exempt from having their private information used on various technology platforms. Targets of this incursion have no safeguard because the United States has no data protections laws.

This article focuses on media platforms (Facebook & Google) recent transition from privacy policies to data usage policies. The privacy policies have become obstacles for the economy of social media. The online platforms benefit from encouraging individuals to disclose information publicly by selling clustered profiled information of its users to advertisers and marketers. This source is relevant to the proposed topic because it addresses the excess of information for analysis that are available to multiple

As of 2016 there are over 250 million Americans who have at least one social media profile and every year more and more criminals are turning to the internet to expand their illicit dealings or to divulge their controversial opinions online. So it should come to no surprise that there has also been a trend in regards to the growing number major domestic law enforcement organizations utilizing online social media and social networking services to build their intelligence. The increased surveillance of social media profiles, of course has spawned multiple debates raising the argument between civil rights and privacy

People are constantly making decisions to disclose or conceal information when posting to social media websites and signing up for online services. At first glance, Privacy Management Theory would suggest that the mere act of disclosing information to these services would create tension. However, the simple act of extending co-ownership to companies alone is not enough to cause tension for the original owner of the information.

Julia Angwin and Jeremy Singer-Vine, authors of “REVIEW --- What They Know: A Wall Street Investigation: The Selling of You,” describe technology’s evolutionary aps that collect personal data via social media. After all, with the explosion of social media, and the willingness of users to post their everyday occurrences not only by text, but with pictures as well, these aps are in no shortage of customers. In contrast, the digital age created computer hackers that are willing to steal personal and confidential information, and even as far as stealing top secret documents, and then sell it on the black

Lori Andrews, non-fiction, “Facebook Is Using You” (2012); laments that the United States is one of the few nations to lack data privacy laws and thus Google searches and Facebook activity can be used as data for purchase by companies and even the government. Andrew blends a variety of sources ranging from articles, to specific examples, hypothetical instances, and the details of particular pieces of legislation. Andrews’ purpose is to warn against the moral dilemma data mining presents in order to call the public to speak out and seek change in policy. Andrews develops a disgruntled and foreboding tone to clearly highlight how the lack of data privacy laws can affect the American public’s personal lives unless they choose to speak out against

Facebook is one of the most influential inventions of this generation. This platform allows users to share opinions, photos, and videos, which has transformed media all together. However, Facebook’s recent security breach has the potential to put an end to the company’s long run of success. It’s not just Facebook’s security that was breached, but the trust between users and Facebook was breached as well. How could a third party so easily access users’ personal information? Is Cambridge Analytica the only company that has obtained this information, or are there many others that simply haven’t been discovered yet? These are questions that Facebook users are asking, and these questions represent the very reasons why the security breach is so detrimental

Technology in today’s day and age has been molded to integrate with our daily lives. From adults to adolescents you see technology constantly being used throughout their average day. The past few generation have pulled away from chalkboards, typewriters, and paper books towards the newest ‘fads’ of American culture, such as laptops, smart boards, and tablets. While companies are always creating countless new products to keep up with the obsessive market of America’s economy, their profits shoot through the roof. Although employers are looking to hire young workers, the continual disruption of technology and social media has been getting in the way. Multiple companies have declared they have been searching through people's private social media

Social media is defined as web-based technologies, in which it allows people to engage and interact with online activity such as Snap Chat, My Space, Twitter, etc. With sharing photos, videos, and the exchange of information in which it allows online audiences such as family, friends, and the public to see if the correct privacy setting are not correctly put in place, (Cassie, 2009). Online technologies have become common amongst its users like the public, students, and professionals in all lines of work, (Westrick, 2016). With the way, it has transformed communication between participants through mechanisms and platforms, with its ever-growing transformation. Of where it can carry messages that can either be appropriate or inappropriate to

Social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook have created a new ethical dilemma for many businesses. Corporations, small businesses, and even universities are struggling create policies to manage their employees social networking behaviors. Social networking access, particularly for recruiters, can provide personal information about potential employees, which would otherwise not be available. A business must follow statutes and guidelines when disclosing information to the public. Individuals on social networking sites have no such constraints. Employees can and do make comments about their employers online. Employers can and do watch what employees post online. Any individual can send or post potentially damaging information