...Facebook: It’s about the money 1) Facebook faces controversy over the handling and usage of the extensive information it collects from its users. FB user’s biggest concerns are the privacy and user controls over the information granted to Facebook. Facebook faces the dilemma of how to gain revenues from user information without violating their privacy. The management and organization failed to consider its users privacy concern when it introduced new software that users felt to be invasive. Facebook provides a free service that users pay for, in effect, by providing details about their lives, friendships, interests and activities. Facebook, in turn, uses that information to attract advertisers, app makers and other business opportunities. Facebook occasionally isn't enforcing its own rules on data privacy. Facebook requires apps to ask permission before accessing a user's personal details. However, a user's friends aren't notified if information about them is used by a friend's app. Facebook provides people a specific social networking platform and facilitates contents sharing and communication. It targets global internet users, advertisers, and also application developers. Facebook partners with different parties in the functionality, application developing, and advertisers for enabling various features to meet users’ different social needs. To give better services to right customers, Facebook exploits and analyzes customer information, shares info with third party and...
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...Facebook, Public or Private? People, and especially parents, have concerns and fears of privacy on social networking. The issue is not clear and well understood among people, what is visible and what is invisible on these sites? When I first joined Facebook, I started by creating an account or a "profile" as you all did, in which I provided my personal information; name, birth date, hometown, religion, etc. The process continued, uploading my photos, and making my friends list; of existing friends, and I began accepting people I didn't know. “Friending” someone means that you give them access to your profile and thus your personal information, and vice versa. After sometime I began questioning Facebook's privacy settings, and whether accepting strangers was right or not. Whether Facebook is public or private is a controversial issue that requires a close look on its privacy settings. In Danah Boyd's article Facebook's Privacy Trainwreck: Exposure, Invasion, and Social Convergence about the use of Facebook and privacy, the author is attacking Facebook's privacy settings. The article was published in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 2008. Boyd is an American social media researcher. Boyd is discussing in her article people's anxiety of the privacy settings on Facebook from two different angles: Exposure and Invasion. Being exposed to anyone on Facebook is really bothering. Boyd provided an example in her journal article Facebook's...
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...information that is shared by the individuals through facebook in order to advertise effectively to an immense amount potential customers; however the users of facebook have a right to privacy that has in the past been violated by facebook in attempts to allow these businesses to advertise to their users. The example that the case study uses is the launch of a company’s advertising campaign called Beacon. The plan was for Beacon to inform other facebook users when their friends made some sort of economic transaction through the purchase of product and at the same time engaged in activity that was not restricted to facebook. The problem with this was that it was sharing information about users that was never agreed upon or intended to be shared. Another aspect of this service that was alarming in my mind was that it continued to fulfill the action of letting other users know what you were doing until you disabled it manually. It is what is known as an “opt-out” application. So unless you manually turned off the applications, it would continue to share personal information with whoever you were friends with while under the belief that Facebook had ensured the full consent of the users. Another privacy error that was incurred by facebook was the incorporation and handling of its news-feed feature. A quote from the Washington post solidifies the fact that the incorporation of certain applications is a cause for concern, “Facebook fanatics who have covered their profiles on the popular...
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...WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Internet privacy policy: violations and regulations. Social media context Natalia Wójcik Index number: 51149 1 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 2. Theoretical background…………………………………………………………...4 3. E-commerce and e-marketing influence on privacy violations…………….5 4. Social networking, Web 2.0……………………………………………………….7 5. Social media privacy policy………………………………………………………8 6. Privacy policy concerns based on a particular social media example….13 7. Process of implementation of social networking regulations…………….17 8. Conclusions and final remarks…………………………………………………22 9. Bibliography………………………………………………………………………..24 2 1.INTRODUCTION Throughout the last 20 years the role of the Internet has grown enormously is every individual’s life. The Internet has its roots in 1960, when the US government attempted to build robust, fault-tolerant and distributed computer networks. However, the beginning of the worldwide process of Internet expansion may be dated to 1980 and was triggered by the development of new networking technologies and mergers of many less significant networks with the financial support of the National Science Foundation and other private commercial funding. This led to further advancement in technological improvements and their incorporations as well as wider participation of ordinary users all over the world. The Web rapid expansion reaches back to the 90’. According to the Internet World Stats:...
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...INTERNET PRIVACY- SOCIAL NETWROKING SITES- SPEECH do you personally believe that on fb we have provacy [pic] Report · 8:54pm to a certain extent like we have privacy agsint randoms but not much privacy against friends Good Morning, firstly I would like to begin my presentation by introducing my topic of discussion. Today I will be discussing whether internet privacy in relation to social networking sites exists, with a central focus on Facebook. What is Facebook? A question which most definitely does not require an explanation, simply because of its widespread popularity, however, for those of you who may remain uncertain: Facebook is a social networking website, an internet phenomenon which is currently sweeping the globe. Like instant messaging and sites such as You Tube, Facebook is a website which allows you to find and communicate with friends, share photographs and compare your likes and dislikes. Privacy is a fundamental human right and while that may seem less true when we're operating on corporate turf like Facebook, Facebook used to be based on privacy. In 2005 Facebook’s privacy setting stated: “no personal information… will be available to any user… who does not belong to… the groups specified by you.” In 2006; “… your school, your specified area, and other reasonable community interests”… were automatically made public and could not be altered to private. In 2007; “your name, your school name and your profile picture” became public. And… ...
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...The Effect of Social Media Network on Student’s Attitude towards Social Life CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Research Question 1. Is there any relationship between the Satisfaction of User and the Trust of those students who use Social Media Network daily in their lives? 2. What are the independent factors involved that effect the dependent variable such as Social Behavior of the student while using Social Media Network Sites on daily basis? 1.1 Background Social Media Networking is considered to be one of the most important means of communication for young generations and most importantly for the students in today’s advance technology. In today’s communication world, Facebook is considered to be the most visited website (Wilhelm, 2010). The elements which influence the youngsters or student’s decision to use social media networking is still a mystery. In order to understand the social networking, this study is an attempt to understand and explore the student’s behavior that what makes them so eager to get connected in the social networking and what effect take place in their behaviors or attitudes while using social networking (O’Reilly, 2007). The term Social Networks have a different meaning in the literature, as to some of researchers who have a different set of meaning Socially & Interactive Technologies. This can be anything such as messaging and text messaging or other networks which provides online communications that allows youngsters and students...
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...network. 2. What is the role of e-commerce and Web 2.0 technologies in Facebook’s widespread popularity? Businesses use social networking sites to harvest a vast amount of information about users and their preferences for many different products and services to create carefully targeted promotions. Businesses use the site to interact with potential customers. The sites are so “sticky” that they have become very powerful marketing tools. Users are reluctant to leave for fear of leaving the rest of their friends behind. The Facebook Platform provides third-party developers a platform for applications like games, plug-in features for user profiles, and other programs which are fully integrated with the Facebook site. Flixter, an online community for movie fans, has a Facebook application called Movies that allows people to tell their Facebook friends about the movies they’ve seen and share reviews. 3. Describe the weaknesses of Facebook’s privacy policies and features. What management, organization, and technology...
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...EXAM. # 2 MGT- 3610 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (10) POINTS 1. According to “Beat the Overqualified Rap,” in an economic downturn, many skilled and experienced creative employees are struggling to find work because they are: a. not willing to accept lower-level positions. b. applying for jobs that are outside of their knowledge and skill set. c. inexperienced at interviewing and resume writing. d. considered too skilled and experienced for the jobs for which they are applying. 2. As presented in “Beat the Overqualified Rap,” when dealing with an employer who expresses concern about overqualification, an interested job seeker should: a. act as if he or she is unaware of any potential concerns. b. brush off the concerns as silly or meaningless. c. address the concerns head-on, providing examples of mitigating factors. d. forget about the job and move on. 3. As presented in “Hiring Right,” in addition to possessing the skills required for the job, it is essential that new hires are able to: a. fit in with the culture of the workplace. b. perform the tasks required without additional training. c. begin immediately. d. recommend others for open positions. 4. According to “Hiring Right,” to make the best hiring decisions, managers and human resources (HR) professionals should: a. be flexible with their requirements for job applicants. b. go with their gut instinct about an applicant. c. envision their...
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...Privacy has been a part of society for a very long time but it is not surprising that issues of honesty, deception and fraud all circulate personal privacy on a constant basis. Due to the acceleration of the Internet phenomena, people are finding out more evasive information then they thought existed regarding their private life. Due to the two different approaches to privacy, the aspect of consumer protection and free market privacy has now become a norm for most of society. There are many events out there regarding privacy and the rate at which technology is increasing, is making it just that much harder for us to control the issue. I have decided to elaborate on two current privacy issues that most probably affect everybody in this day and age in one way or the other. The two current event topics I thought would enlighten the reader incorporate the social network phenomena, Facebook and the privacy concerns over the new Google Street View Project. Both these examples involve the consumer protection and the free market. The social network phenomenon, Face book, is a free service that is the go-to place for people to share their likes, and dislikes, photos and dating status. However, Facebook has yet again been put on the chopping block regarding their privacy issues. Facebook has several features that have a significant impact on privacy and security of personal information. These features have raised issues of collecting, distributing, controlling and retaining information...
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...Facebook: It's About the Money - Case study The birth of Facebook was in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard student, who started Facebook as a means of allowing students to communicate with one another. It gained its popularity quickly through the university and education system and became a worldwide phenomenon(Ahmed et al., 2013). In just over ten years, Facebook expanded from a small networking site to a publically traded organization worth an estimated $50 billion. Part of its success is based on the fact that it is free to join and Facebook boasts it always will be. The estimated number of users/subscribers of Facebook at the time of this publication was stated to be over 1 billion (Laudon & Laudon, 2014). In 2011, the vast majority, eighty-five percent, of Facebook's revenue was derived solely from advertising sales with the remaining attributed to sale of Zynga games (Laudon & Laudon, 2014).Importantly, the revenue stream associated with Facebook’s success is leveraged on the collection of information provided by the users. Users of Facebook create on-line profiles and upload their photos, videos, communicate with one another, and join a variety of different groups on a myriad of different issues, using the “like” button to identify their likes (Ahmed et al., 2013). Without question, social media plays a large role in our lives every day, and Facebook is at the center of that movement. While Facebook provides a means to communicate with one another and a means...
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...FACEBOOK ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Introduction Social media have taken the world by storm. Some of the effects of social media are positive, and others are negative. February 2004 was the dawn of social media like never before. It is reported that Facebook currently has more than 1 billion active users which is more than the number of people who live in the US, about three times more. So is Facebook good, great, bad, or terrible? Advantages Facebook allows people to connect with friends and relatives who live far away. With new features, such as video, voice, and calling features, communicating with friends and family has never been easier. Opening a business is difficult, but with Facebook, it can be easier than you may have thought. Facebook allows business owners to create a business Facebook page to gain more customers and expand their business. With Facebook business, you can expand your customer base by advertising on Facebook and entice people to try your product or services. Disadvantages On the other hand there are a lot of concerns regarding Facebook, and in my opinion privacy is the biggest concern. Anything and everything someone posts on the Internet will end up being seen by others. If you are not prepared for the world to see the things you post, it is in your best interest to leave it off of Facebook. In addition to this, you need to familiarize yourself with Facebook’s privacy settings and how they alter your account. Facebook has worked continuously...
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...identified. Investigations are carried out to determine if Facebook’s strategy is effective in staying ahead of its competitors. It was found out that Facebook faced a few major problems. Intellectual property disputes with Harvard based houseSYSTEM’s creator, Aaron J. Greenspan and ConnectU had affected Facebook’s public image in 2004. Privacy issues problems forced Facebook to repetitively apologize to its users and made many amendments to its products. In late 2007, Facebook encountered over capacity in its data centers resulting in a drop in its user visiting Facebook website. With the existence of its competitors, MySpace and Twitter, Facebook found it challenging to expand its operation. It was recommended that Facebook should remain friends with its competitors and engaged in a collaborative alliance in developing technologies for the social network platform. Ensuring adequate privacy user controls is the key to customer satisfaction; therefore regaining trust back from Facebook’s user is crucial in its maintaining good business-customer relationship. 2 II. Statement of the Problem Since the day of its incorporation in 2004 until today, Facebook has faced several issues that affect the relationship with its customers and competitors. These issues can be categorized into intellectual property disputes, privacy controls and advertising ads controversy, network capacity, market...
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...questions? 1) Perform an ethical analysis of Facebook. What is the ethical dilemma presented by this case? Facebook serve as the connection between all people around the world and Facebook wants more money and have many user’s, Facebook have more user’s privacy data and more Facebook knows about you it make Facebook serve more relevant advertisement that they are giving users data to the company as their research for the advertisement because the main revenue for Facebook it’s from advertisement and Facebook servers would keep user information permanently whenever the user has deleted their account. Facebook does not have diverse array of hot new gadgets or a full inventory of software for sale; instead, it has your personal information, and the information of hundreds of millions of others with Facebook accounts. Facebook can serve ads using highly specific details. For example, an Atlanta woman who posts that she has become engaged might be offered an ad for a wedding photographer on her Facebook page. However, Facebook’s goal is to get it users to share as much data as possible, because the more Facebook knows about user, the more accurately it can serve relevant advertisement to users. The only option that user have is that Internet companies should be forced to ask for permission before using user’s personal information and want the ability to opt out of online tracking. Ethical dilemma in this case study is Facebook monitors its subscribers and then sells the information...
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...the main part of most peoples lives. Social networks such as “Facebook” and “Twitter” help maintain your identity across many different devices. Facebook has been around the web for a while now but on June 28 Google’s senior vice president of engineering, Vic Cundotra, introduced the company’s latest social network project called Google Plus. The revealing of Google+ has been called a direct challenge to Facebook and with the more controlled privacy settings and enchanting features it much actually succeed in becoming the most popular social network site on the web. Google+ Versus Facebook Features The main concern between these two social networks is privacy. Facebook’s privacy settings have been criticized as confusing and hard to manipulate. In order to compete with Facebook “Google has to make the permission and privacy settings more tractable and easier to manipulate” (Beer) Says Senior Forrester Research analyst Josh Bernoff. Google is definitely succeeding in making this possible with its shorter privacy settings at only 1,000 words compared to Facebook’s 6,000 and with easier wording and terms the average person is able to understand it without having to be a computer genius. Another advantage of Google+ is that it does not take “your interests” from your profile and create ads all over the page. Sources say that eventually there will be ads but as of now there are none. Facebook does take your interests from your profile and create ads that are...
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...well-known focuses on Islamic values and ethics to be instilled in one’s life. By today we are well aware about social networking sites like Friendster, MySpace and mostly Facebook have become a trend between teenagers to at least have an account among them. By the middle of the year of 2009, from 1.1 billion users accessing the Internet in May 2009, 734.2 million or 65% of them, visit at least one social networking site. (Siti Ezaleila Mustafa and Azizah Hamzah, 2011) As I’m pursuing my degree in IT, I am exposed to the fact of privacy is one of the biggest issue in social networking referring to a research done by Gross and Acquisti after 4000 Carnegie Mellon University students Facebook profiles were analyzed, only 1.2% changed their default privacy preferences. (Das, Sahoo, 2011) From here, it shows that, there are only a few people who are aware of the issue of privacy and the importance of it at the same time being exposed by the threats like hacking and cyber bullying. The public on the other hand has been putting the blame on Facebook. They said that the social networking does not enough secure when it comes to privacy. However, Simon Mainwaring wrote in his blog stating his opinion that he does not think it is fair to put all the blame to Mark Zuckerberg. Nevertheless, managing privacy is a delicate balancing act. (Mainwaring, 2010) From my point of view, I have been seeing the public, in this context; the university students have been undisclosingly revealing...
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