Are the constant adjustments of the privacy policies on Facebook doing an adequate job in restricting the visibility of a user’s personal information?
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Are the constant adjustments of the privacy policies on Facebook doing an adequate job in restricting the visibility of a user’s personal information?
I like this one: probably because I’m inspired by watching the Social Network still! I think it’s definitely tied to Information Ethics in that it involves privacy and the website’s ability – or perhaps choice – to protect that of its users. I think the question could use a little tweaking, though, only because the use of “are” as the question starter makes it seem like a ‘yes or no’ sort of answer – not very long in terms of writing a paper.
That’s all though. I think it’s a great question and it certainly has bearing on the world: a number of people (most, I’d say) are concerned with maintaining their security and privacy while engaged in social networking online.
Jessica, as a long time user of Facebook, I can say that I’m really interested in this question, too. I think the language gets a little vague here and there. For example, “adequate job” could use some work. Adequate according to whom? To Facebook, who may feel like they have done enough? To the user, who may feel like they haven’t done enough or who is uncertain in the first place about how much information is exposed (and how it is exposed and where it is exposed)? What personal information specifically? There is a ton of info that you can elect not to include in your profile? Some “information” gets added everytime you comment on someone’s status or when you simply like a comment, let alone when you add your own comment. Check out the I Shared What?!? service that is reviewed and linked on this blog post at ReadWriteWeb.