the social networking sites, such as FacebookTM, TwitterTM and MySpaceTM, Internet users contentedly disseminate their personal information whilst overlooking the threat of privacy disclosure. According to statistics presented by FacebookTM (2013), there are about 699 million daily active users as of June 2013, indicating about one tenth of the world population are using FacebookTM actively. Nevertheless, it is widely recognised that this expeditious growth of popularity of social networking would
Introduction What do about ninety percent of us have in common? It’s the social networking sites that everyone is a part of these days, whether it’s your twelve year old nephew or your grandmother. Spending hours and hours connecting with your old friends and making new friends over the social networking sites has become a part of everyone’s daily routine. Nonetheless, recently privacy concerns over the social networking sites have taken its peak. Background It all started several decades back, when
BSTRACT Social Networking sites are playing an important role in personal life as well as business. A social networking site has become very popular for people to connect and share their interest with family and friends. Although the use of social networks is increasingly on the rise, many users are properly informed of the risks associated with using social networks. The risks as well as the security and privacy issues of social networks in business and public policy need to be evaluated and studied
2015 Are Social Networking and Social Media Websites Really Protecting Your Privacy Figure 1 Many people use different social networking and social media sites. The most popular websites today are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and also YouTube. There are a number of privacy settings on these websites and applications, but are they really protecting your account? The answer is no, everything you put on the Internet is discoverable by another party. The people who create these social networking sites
Social Networking Sites and the Problems Today, users can use social networking sites to receive the information, as well as participate in interaction with other users. Social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, provide users with many opportunities to check what is going on for the world, make friends, and share their lives with others in the globe. According to “Social Networking Site and Teens”, “a national survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project
Human beings are social animals and they want to get connected and interact with their friends and family members. Social networks, as the name suggests, are networks established and maintained for the purpose of socialising. Nowadays, people in far different places can interact thanks to the Internet and social networking sites. What are the benefits of social networking? What are the issues facing social networking? This report seeks to outline issues affecting social networking including sexual
information online through social media is becoming increasingly popular. This is evident because Facebook has reached five hundred million members. The rising popularity of social media raises many privacy concerns. In February 2012, the Federal Trade Commission advocated that companies must adopt stronger restrictions on tracking individuals’ online activities. The FTC also urged the cell phone industry incorporate more privacy safeguards into their products. The main issue is that should the U.S government
Impact of Social Media: The Issue of Privacy Invasion In the previous decade, the development of social networking and online innovation has changed the meaning of privacy and has changed societies around the globe. For instance, protection began to lose its unique meaning of "the state or state of being free from being watched or bothered by other individuals" since technological advancements. Privacy could now be defined as: the state or state of being free from being watched or irritated by other
Social networks have become an increasingly popular way for people to communicate over the last decade. Whether it is through a wall post, a picture, a video, or a link, users are able to share stories and details about their lives through social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube. Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard student who hacked the university’s network to obtain photos and information about other students on campus, created Facebook in 2004. Today, Facebook has more than one
Social Networking: Security Issues with an Emphasis on Today’s Networking Media Before getting started on the topic listed above, what exactly is Social Networking? A social networking service is reported as being an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting social networks or social relations among people, who for instance might share common interests, activities, went to the same school, work at the same company and the list goes on. Although social networks