People believe that Facebook and the web in general should be able to protect the information we post online. This goes against the fundamental design of Facebook, social media, and the web itself. We should be relying on ourselves for our privacy, and not turning Facebook into our scapegoat. Privacy is dead. Facebook, social media, and the web itself are designed to share information. While you can be angry about Facebook’s lack of communication over the privacy issue, to believe that information on Facebook or other social networks is inherently private or “yours” is just wrong. Protecting our privacy starts with us, not Facebook. The privacy wall did not exist in the first place. The web makes the transmission of information easier than ever. Social media makes spreading that information even simpler. The web is a network of information, and information has no walls.
http://mashable.com/2010/05/16/in-defense-of-facebook/
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