Social media has connected the entire world to one another. It has become a cornerstone of communication in the 21st century with websites such as Google, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to name a few. Since this large boom in social media usage in the past 10 years, many issues have arose with it as well. One of these issues was addressed and discussed in the essay, “Why Asking for a Job Applicant’s Facebook Password is Fair Game” by Alfred Edmond Jr. Edmond’s main argument is that, from the perspective of the business owner, it is appropriate for the employer to ask a job applicant for their Facebook password before being hired. The reasons that he gives for this are in multitude (Edmond, 2012).…
The word 'privacy' means different things to different people, it affect both personal and business. As individuals, we need some amount of privacy to succeed. As a person we need to protect our thoughts from intruders because if others new our must intimate thoughts they could use that information to manipulate our decision making process. Business, need to protect their trade secret and information they collect from their customer to succeed. My objectives for this week e-activity consist of, evaluating the circumstances that contributed to the privacy violation, the consequence to the company to the breach, and management’s response to the breach, indicating the appropriateness of the response. Facebook is an online social network that allows users to create detailed online profiles and connect with other users, with an emphasis on social relationships such as friendship. This network let users share information with other approved users, such as one’s gender, age, interests, educational background and employment, as well as files and links to music, photos and videos. As concerns about online privacy grow, users of social media sites are increasingly looking for new way to improve their social media experience by posting more personal information and intimate picture about themselves. A class action…
Fleming provides example after example of how information provided by the user on MySpace and Facebook have ruined or altered people’s lives. Potential employers, law enforcement officials, colleges, universities, and others have used this information to help them with their decision-making regarding certain individuals. If the information available on site is not showing the individual in a positive light, the decisions made may be detrimental to the individual. She recognizes that colleges and universities across the nation offer practical tips for social media site users such as “Don’t post anything you wouldn’t be comfortable with your grandmother seeing.” (440) But she also understands that students are not following that advice. Fleming explains how difficult it is for colleges to keep an eye on their students’ online postings, and admits “there is no practical way for colleges to monitor the content of these sites, as students’ profiles and postings are changing constantly.” (440) Later in the article she justifies that reviewing a students’ profile page may be beneficial in providing clues to a person’s behavior. She concludes…
Delaney, J. (2013). EMPLOYER USE OF FACEBOOK AND ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES: AN ANALYSIS BALANCING THE RISKS OF HAVING A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT AND THE NEED FOR PROTECTIVE LEGISLATION. Labor Law Journal, 64(2), 86-102.…
Like Robert X. Cringely says in his article “Facebook Puts Your Privacy on Parade”, Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg is having problems with his “privacy policy.” It all begins when Zuckerberg speaks for many at a ceremony saying that “Everyone is okay with their information being viewed by others.” Cringely goes on to talk about Zuckerbergs Social norm policy, meaning you can get away with just about anything in todays world compared to previous years. While talking about it, Cringley mentioned how Zuckerberg put everyones information non private without many knowing, however his was only public for a day. The article also mentions how the majority of the people who don’t care about information being public are those who buy and sell identity. The Privacy issue was a big deal to many but the severity depended on the person. Cringely called Zuckerbergs idea a “beginners mind” as it got him in trouble with 350 million of his users for potentially harming and putting them in risk. Then there was the other half of course, who posted and shared naked pictures and other eye sores to the social media page. Cringely’s part of the article focused more on what the public wanted while Zuckerberg focused more on what could bring him money.…
An employer turns down a job application after seeing on the candidate’s Facebook profile that they are a heavy drinker. A company rejects an application after seeing on Twitter that the candidate is a Muslim with a veil around her head. Another employer rejects an application after seeing on their Facebook profile that they use derogatory terms when commenting on pictures and posts. These examples illustrate how technology has changed the way companies screen prospective employees and how these may eventually lead to legal implications based on protected grounds. In this rapidly-growing world where technology is accessible almost everywhere, employers and recruiters are utilizing technological methods to screen and evaluate prospective employees. In order to ensure the candidates are right for the position, employers are looking far beyond just resumes and interviews by reviewing their personal social networking sites out of which Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are the most popular. This has also landed some employers in trouble as there are legal issues in interfering into others’ privacy. Statistics have shown that most employers and recruiters admit to using social media as an evaluation tool for recruiting. Data analysis has also showed that most candidates are aware of employers viewing their information through social media which could also indicate that potential employees may polish their social networking sites to appeal to their prospective employer. Majority of candidates claimed that they do not have anything to hide on their profile and do not see their profile as private information. Some candidates agree that employers do have a right to use the information online in decision making. Internet screening presents new opportunities as well as challenges for hiring as it is able to reveal job-relevant and irrelevant information about the candidate, which may not be available through other resources. Although it is not illegal for employers…
With the huge explosion of these networking sites Christine points out that it is interesting to see how the first generation facebook users are becoming older and more youth are becoming connected. Its growing effect is taking more of a stance in society and could essentially become just as relevant part of anyone’s routine. The prevalence of sites like Facebook have even developed social norms that are even discussed in regular daily interaction, things like; friending, commenting of others walls, posting relationship statuses all focuses back to the individual and their intentions.…
When people use Facebook, we mostly go on there to observe people's daily posts for attention. They grab seekers attention by posting statuses, revealing the location, or displaying pictures that show where they are located. This allows other Facebook users a chance to steal people's identity, or a chance to snatch children up by their location. The main problem is, who is really monitoring and protecting our privacy on Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg is famously the owner and CEO of Facebook (Editors). Although he is the owner, does he protect our privacy on Facebook? Is Facebook a great invention, or end of privacy? Facebook could be an advanced way to mislead people's confidential information displayed online and could be the end of privacy.…
A significant social trend in our generation’s youth was the explosion of the social networking sites. From the first social networking site started back in 1995 social networking was introduced by AOL (America Online). Shortly after it was followed by Classmates.com in 1997; moreover, social networking had began it 's peak with Blackplanet.com bring in 3 million users then Friendster was born in 2002, not long after Linkedin was created in 2003 bring in 30 million members. Meanwhile MySpace.com hit the networking in 2003 tripling Linkedin 's users. Finally Facebook.com was created in 2004 but only for Harvard college students then two years later Facebook was launched to the public and today Facebook has 150 million members. Facebooks model is to promote honesty and openness. Christopher Nickson inaaccurately states in his article that “It seems people really enjoy beings themselves, and throwing that openness out there for all to see” (Nickson1). Nickson does not see that online people are allowed to put whatever they want other to see and think about their life. Such sites allow people to be…
If we go to the Facebook site and use all of the tools available we can easily understand that is a spectacle of “Me, me and me”. We can see it immediately in the status bar (“What are you doing”, “Upload a photo of you and your friends”); then on the publications of the friends (it’s often seen people writing “Give me a like” or “Share my status so that everyone knows that I have done this or that” and then for example just the creation of our account and how our profile is shown, we can almost tell our whole life without writing a book. In our profile, we can show everything and the worst is that some people do. We can write if we are single or not and how many jobs we’ve had and where, we can show almost of our likes in life, from music to cinema, literature and more!…
Yes with the recent major changes quickly coming to the Facebook universe, its no surprise that privacy has again become a hot topic amongst bloggers, more bloggers and even the U.S. Senate. And while this backlash isn’t unexpected, it certainly isn’t informed, needed, or even (in my opinion) right. See I think it can boil down fairly easily:…
By Emily Steel and Geoffrey A. Fowler, 18/10/2010. Facebook in privacy breach. [online] available at: http://online.wsj.com/article [accessed on 05/01/2011…
Facebook is the largest social networking site in the world so it is moving commerce to the internet and Web. In this e-commerce case, the basic construct of ecommerce are illustrated, use of the internet and Web to transact business; digitally enabled transactions. Moreover, this case includes unique features of ecommerce: richness, interactivity, information density, and personalization/customization.…
The next social network that I’ll visit nigh every day is Facebook. Although I don’t visit them as often as Whatsapp, I’ll still have a sneak peek on Facebook as I was lying down uberly relax on my bed before I went to sleep. As I was scheming through every post on Facebook, I saw a lot of anecdote about almost anything random that happened in other people’s life. Some of this anecdote seems to be overly bombastic which kind of making me feel annoyed for no absolute reason just by reading it. But since it’s a social network, people have rights to share anything they want. Besides, who am I to judge what they’ve posted? Seeing all the intricate post on Facebook makes me wonder how different a human is from each other.…
“On Tuesday, July 31, Shara Karasic’s world came to a temporary halt. Facebook was down…when she couldn’t get in for a few hours, she realized something: ‘I’m addicted to Facebook’” (Levy 424). She is not the only one. Many people are in this same position, no matter what age they are. Karasic may sound like your typical college student, but in honesty, she is actually a 40 year old mom with a young son. There are a vast variety of users on the web, using these networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, where users choose to put their lives on display for anyone who wishes to access it. They provide their name, age, location and personal facts. There is no stereotypical web user on these…