Bi-weekly current event #3

Privacy settings are changed.

Facebook changes privacy settings for teens.

Heather Kelly. "Facebook changes privacy settings for teens." CNN. cable news network, 17 Oct., 2013. Web. 18 Oct., 2013. <http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/16/tech/social-media/facebook-teens-privacy/index.html>

Facebook has decided to change the privacy setting for teens, this would be the age group of 13-17. This is meaning that they now have the option to share posts, photos, and more publically. This also will allow complete and total strangers to be able to send friend requests and messages. Stangers and companies collecting data of the public will be allowed to view certain posts. These changes will go into effect promptly in a way to try and revive facebook because teens no longer have an interest in it.

I think that facebook should lift the privacy settings for a certain age group. Letting a 13 year old choose their privacy settings is unsafe. I feel that it was just an attempt for Facebook to try and come back into the popularity of the social media world. "A recent Pew study reported that teens are showing waning enthusiasm for this social network"(pew study). This event affects me because as a Facebook user I now have the ability to change my privaccy settings to nothing. This is not just affecting me though, many teens out there can change their privacy settings to nothing if they choose to and this can lead to messages from strangers. People who don't even know you will be able to view your profile.

This change in privacy settings is a very important issue to discuss because it impacts the world in so many ways. This is giving teens the choice to pretty much share everything with the world, though it is their choice some teens are not as responsible as they should be. This can lead to unknown people messaging and adding them as a friend. Also people who you don't even know can see everything that you post. This is effecting the world majorly because it is giving online predators a new way to stalk and interact with uncareful teens.