Saturday, April 14, 2012
Facebook defends CISPA while pledging not to share more data
A new bill has hit Washington. According to the article, CISPA will restrict legal barriers from obtaining information online. It will no longer require a warrant to access information published in social media sites. The Vice President of U.S. public policy for Facebook claims the bill will assist against cyber threats.
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Facebook and privacy?! With the new Timeline and Newsfeed, privacy on the social networking site is questionable. It's almost impossible to keep track of the number of times Facebook has changed its privacy settings and policies without informing users. All the information we put on Facebook technically belongs to them, and they can do whatever they want with it. So, it's hard to believe that they are actually defending privacy laws.
I wonder if this bill will receive as much attention as SOPA. Probably not. Unfortunately with Congress pleasing businesses by promising to not violate their privacy laws, this will probably pass regardless of attention it will receive with the mass media. Then again, if it does receive backlash, then Congress will reintroduce this bill with a different name.
This article raises an interesting point in terms of facebook and private lives being regulated by the government. Facebook is a major business that along with other cyber giants may have the need for regulation. The problem stems when they begin to give out personal consumer information to other groups. I believe that some government intervention is necessary due to the extremely private nature of the information and the massive size of these companies. Some consumer protection should be in place, however, it is important that the nature of the bill is recognized. Legislation needs to be protective rather than intrusive.
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