As Facebook continues to grow and evolve, it brings new technology and features along with it. In 2015, Facebook launched Facebook Live. It enables you to post live video directly to your Facebook page while you are filming. Facebook has been pushing this feature heavily and has even paid some companies and media sites to use the Live function to help increase its popularity. Facebook Live has subsequently taken off and been very successful, but it has also brought some negative attention along with it.
One of the first viral videos that was filmed on Facebook Live was a comical 3-minute video of a woman opening and wearing a Star wars Chewbacca mask and then laughing for the rest of the video. It currently has over 163 million views on Facebook.
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Many times, the content can be violent or inappropriate for general audiences. Although the imagery is not the entertaining content that Facebook thought they would be encouraging, some of these videos are now being used as evidence in investigations. The question is, is Facebook the appropriate site to host live videos that may contain disturbing images or criminal activity. If the answer is no, is there actually a way to regulate what is posted or will Live videos continue to be a free-for-all style …show more content…
It is important to me to keep all of my social media content appropriate and as non-biased as possible because I never know when a potential employer or even a family member may be looking at my posts. I hope that there will never be a need for me to post a Live video that contains criminal evidence or graphic content, but if I do, I know that it has the potential of being seen by thousands if not millions of people, and could potentially be used as evidence in court. Not necessarily a situation I’d like to involve myself with.
Facebook recently released a statement saying that it now has an on-call team who specifically monitors live videos and also reviews flagged videos as they are being reported. After Facebook removed a video of a man dying as the result of a police shooting, the company came under a lot of scrutiny and users were unhappy with the removal. Facebook soon put the video back online, but added a “graphic content” warning. They then attributed the removal to a technical glitch. This shows that Facebook is almost helpless when it comes to screening and removing violent or inappropriate Live
It is not a technological problem, it is a legal problem. In the Facebook & Your Privacy, the author point out that "In the U.S. online privacy laws are weaker than those of Europe and much of the world, so you have few federal rights to see and control most of the information that social networks collect about you."(Facebook & Your Privacy) I find numerous legal cases of Facebook privacy issue in the European Unions, however, I only find several cases in the US. Due to the privacy law is one of the fundamental law in the EU, Europeans pay attention on their privacy. On the other hand, the US absence of a Federal-Level privacy protection law. The courts need to recognize that in the technology age, people have both virtual privacy and physical privacy. People should be able to control their own data, regardless of where it is stored. People should be able to make decisions about the security and privacy of that data. The Congress and Supreme Court should set a complete legal system of privacy in the internet, just as the Supreme Court eventually ruled that recording cell phone conversation was a Fourth Amendment search, requiring a
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...own Facebook account and be “friends” with their students to keep them safe like Boyd recommends. Instead, I believe by talking to students and children about how their posts directly impact their reality is a more effective approach in teaching how to prevent and remedy any inflictions that will be caused by adolescent lapses in judgment. Just as my brother has never posted another indecent photo and learned to limit his online profile content, people do learn from their mistakes. Educators should have an open door policy fortified by trust between themselves and their children in order to guide them in making appropriate decisions.
Facebook is a great place to communicate in many ways with other people. One way you can communicate is by finding answers to any questions you might have. For example, if there is question I have about a class assignment, I simply can login to Facebook and send my friend a private message asking him what I need help with. It is a fast, easy, and simple. Many students use Facebook, so it’s a great communication tool to use to get quick help from your friend. Sometimes you might have forgotten what page number a homework assignment was on. If you don’t have a student’s cell phone number, with Facebook, you can easily contact someone in your class and find out more details about the assignment. You can also communicate with other people through Facebook groups. Facebook groups can be created about any topic. The groups often have a message or purpose that the creator is trying to get across. Users are able to join these groups and share their ideas with each other. Facebook events are another way users can communicate. For example, someone might be planning a birthday party at their house and would like to spread the news to as many friends as possible in a quick and organized way. Facebook event invitations allow users to provide all the details about the event, like time and location, and this can be sent to multiple users at one
Facebook is getting more open and social with every policy update and this poses problems for the privacy enthusiasts. The way Facebook collects and uses information can be categorised into two. One is information that the user can share under their control, and the other is information that is collected autonomously over which the user has little or no control.
Originally, Facebook was started in 2003 by a man named Mark Zuckerburg in his college dorm room at Harvard University. It began as a social network for Harvard students and then quickly expanded to universities across America. Facebook as we know it today started in the year 2004 and now does not only include college students but ages ranging from teens to middle-aged individuals. The social network site has quickly developed into one of the most trafficked networking websites which runs thousands of databases. By building a network that has spread across various countries, Facebook has successfully created a form of technology that allows people to connect with friends across the seas with different cultures.
Facebook privacy and security have many benefits, problems, and challenges. There is a benefit for every security setting on Facebook but the real concern comes along when it comes to facing the problem and how this problem goes into different steps of challenges, and how we can fix that problem in order for privacy not to be a huge issue. A person that has access to Facebook wants to share their everyday moments to the world such as sharing personal posts, photos and videos, and that’s what Facebook is basically known for.
How does Facebook track down illegal content? The social media platform relies on both artificial intelligence and people to monitor content that is posted on the site.
... it was a one-way article on the dangers of Facebook and the ramifications to students. In addition, the author appeared to be out of touch with capabilities of the Facebook application and made several blunders that undermined the entire message. In essence, the article was far less persuasive than it should have been because of missed opportunities to inform, overriding policy concerns and a basic lack of credibility.
A person’s life is reflected on Facebook. Because so much of someone’s life is on Facebook, anyone can have a sense of what is going on in their life. This is beneficial for parents away from their children in college or just away from the nest. A visual image is more attractive than reading a lengthy blog about an individual's day. With Facebook someone can post albums at a time and can share a special event that just recently occurred. Instant messaging has improved the speed that users can communicate with each other. If they see that their friend is online all that needs to be done is a message with the word “Hey.” Facebook allows for users to connect with friends time zones away.
Just as MySpace has online predators, Facebook may have some too. Some Facebook users have profiles with personal information that are visible to everyone. AOL screen names, phone numbers, and even addresses are posted on the site. Police are now looking into Facebook because a few convicted sex offenders have registered on the site.
On social media, each individual has the power to be influential and important. There is a freedom of expression on social media that we are allowed to express. A user on Facebook can post anything they want or anything they want for free.... ... middle of paper ... ...
The growing popularity of information technologies has significantly altered our world, and in particular, the way people interact. Social networking websites are becoming one of the primary forms of communication used by people of all ages and backgrounds. No doubt, we have seen numerous benefits from the impact of social media communication: We can easily meet and stay in touch with people, promote ourselves, and readily find information. However, these changes prompt us to consider how our moral and political values can be threatened. One common fear among users is that their privacy will be violated on the web. In her book, Privacy in Context, Helen Nissenbaum suggests a framework for understanding privacy concerns online. She focuses particularly on monitoring and tracking, and how four “pivotal transformations” caused by technology can endanger the privacy of our personal information. One website that may pose such a threat is Facebook.
First of all, Facebook is a social network, which means it connects people around the world, allows us to make new friends around the world, builds more relationships, brings some new colors to life. It is very beneficial for
Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users, out of which 241 million users are from India alone which shows that Facebook has its highest number of users from India. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile.