Over
the last few years, Facebook has become one of the leaders of social media,
along with Twitter and Instagram. As Facebook has developed, it has had to
reconfigure some of the ways company Facebook pages advertise themselves. The
big controversy with this topic is user’s privacy. These pages have access to a
user’s information as soon as the user selects the “like” button from the post
that has a feature of the company’s page or a product they sell that is
provided in the news feed. This feature allows Facebook to provide these
companies with people’s information and what products they like, and in turn,
their advertisements viewers see on their login pages cater to their interest.
These ads are posted in hopes to lure the user onto their website to make
purchases.
On one hand, I believe it is a good
way for companies and organizations to advertise and increase their sales and
client base. On the other hand, I do not like everyone knowing my information
and having access to it. It really depends on personal preference and whether
or not the user is ok with sharing their personal information. With all of the
problems concerning identity theft that have become more and more frequent in
the past few years, it would be smart not to allow so much information about
yourself on the web. “Your online privacy is best protected when you keep an
iron grip on the information you’re handing out. If your personal info is on a
server somewhere, it is not truly yours” (Paul, 2014).
Works Cited
Paul, I. (2014).
Must-know privacy tips for facebook and more. PC World, 32(1),
24-28. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.db24.linccweb.org/ehost/detail?vid=3&sid=6d3c5f83-76c1-4f90-996e-482cf8986e7a@sessionmgr198&hid=116&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==
Facebook
privacy [Web]. (2010). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smF1ZV7vikw&feature=youtu.be
