Facebook vs. Privacy

SocIT Podcast

http://johnrdavisjr.com/feed/podcast/Socit001.mp3

In the initial SocIT podcast we discuss how Facebook’s recent privacy policy change removes control of personal data from the user and question the motives of Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.

With the endless expansion of social media, our apparent addiction to Internet, our insatiable appetite for Hollywood gossip and reality TV, one could scarcely argue that privacy is something our society actually desires. Nevertheless, when Facebook makes a change to their privacy policy it’s shock and outrage. Is Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, the advocate of cultural transformation? Have the social norms changed, as he contends, or is he hiding an agenda to te the Internet using our data?

The Notes:

Judas Priest – Electric Eye – Describes a society under constant surveillance by a totalitarian government. Sound familiar? If you’re not familiar with this song, visit this Youtube link to hear it. You’ll want to keep a copy of the lyrics handy as well.

Facebook’s Privacy Policy – Have you noticed it? It’s there, but you need good eyesight to find it. (click to enlarge picture)

Telegraph.co.uk – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says privacy is no longer a ‘social norm’ – This article mentions the deal with Google and Microsoft.

Telegraph.co.uk – and Facebook Sign Real Time Search Deals with Google – Facebook isn’t just pushing you to share your information with other users on Facebook. Now, they are forcing you to share it with the biggest search engines.

Wired Article – Great Wall of Facebook – This is a great article that describes the competing philosophies of these giant companies in their quest to te the internet.

Wired Article – Mark Zuckerberg Speaks – This totally contradicts what his company did.

Ustream Video – Mike Arrington Interrogates Mark Zuckerberg

Tech Crunch – Ok You Luddites, Time To Chill Out On Facebook Over Privacy – Mike Arrington thinks we should use Facebook and forget about privacy.

EPIC.org – Facebook Privacy News Page – This organization is filing a complaint against Facebook along with several other groups with the Federal Trade Commission.

Facebook es User’s Vanity URL And Sells It To Harman International – This article exposes other questionable practices by Facebook.

Facebook Gives Harman His Name Back, Apologizes

EPIC.org – Facebook Complaint.pdf

Privacy.org

Electronic Frontier Foundation

• Who Knows Who Your Facebook Friends are?
• Facebook’s New Privacy Changes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• The World Reacts to The New Facebook
  

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Los Angeles Times – Facebook Fights Back – Facebook attempts to foil the Web 2.0 Machine.

AP Exclusive: Network flaw causes scary Web error – This is the part where you should become concerned.

The Facebook Privacy Debate: What You Need to Know – Read Write Wed has been doing a great job covering this story.

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over –