The Importance Of Personal Information On Social Media

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We think when we log on and off to Facebook and Instagram we think what we delete is forever gone from others and to the word. But little do people know that it is not deleted is it stored in a bank that can be brought back to the light whenever they want too. You would think the things we post a provide because of the privacy settings that they give us when we first set up our different pages. Should social media have the right to own the content we post. I feel that there is nothing we can do about them with holding our personal information because they spy on us all the time no matter how we try and hide from them. The government watches us always when we are on social media and some people post all kind of craziness than wonder how the …show more content…

But I don’t see why they would need all my personal information. what is it for? Where does it go? Who needs it? What do you need it for? I feel if we start asking theses question’s and make them answer them then we could stop having to put that personal information into how Facebook and other social medias. “Teens are increasingly sharing personal information on social media sites, a trend that is likely driven by the evolution of the platforms teens use as well as changing norms around sharing. A typical teen’s Myspace profile from 2006 was quite different in form and function from the 2006 version of Facebook as well as the Facebook profiles that have become a hallmark of teenage life today. For the five different types of personal information that we measured in both 2006 and 2012, each is significantly more likely to be shared by teen social media users on the profile they use most often.” (http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/05/21/teens-social-media-and-privacy/) I can remember when I first made a Myspace all I need to enter in was my email, password, and your birthday, now you need that and phone number, and the last 4 of your social and that should not be needed for me to connect with my friends and family over social

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