Social Networking: A Purposeful Loss of Privacy

Privacy is an expanding area that has been more prevalent than any other time in human history. As the world becomes digitalized, there need to be guidelines for users on their privacy protection rights. The constitution covers a small aspect of this area, but it doesn't provide users the rights they should know when searching the web. Many online technology organizations have been quick to expose this flaw by profiting off the vast collection of information that users feed to their website. Of course, companies will provide their privacy statements when you register in fine print that is not easy to read and leave users prone or vulnerable to rights that they might have missed in these statements. 

These issues become a prominent threat for companies that are targetting young adults and children who can be easily targetted for their lack of knowledge online and those who might not fully grasp the dangers of sites that target their online activity. Social media sites are mining through every user's data and selling this information to outside companies. I plan to talk about the strategies social media sites use to collect information, the dangers of using online social media and how it can affect every online user's life.