Pick a social networking site that you either regularly visit or know about, i.e. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Bebo, Livejournal, Tumblr, Google+, etc., and discuss in 200 words how you understand the Terms of Service that all users must agree to be invited into the site.
* Some things to consider:
+ What are the kinds of content they allow?
+ What can the service do with your content?
+ What guarantees of privacy do they offer?
I chose to research Facebook as it is the main social networking sight I use every day. Facebooks terms and conditions informs us that if you remove the metadata from such things as photos; before they are uploaded then they will not store metadata associated with our photos. Facebook allows most content except nudity photos and other things related. However, they do provide a link to which anyone can report a photo; a comment or a link if they find it offensive; rude; discriminating or bullying. I think this is a very helpful part of Facebook as it assists with keeping the social networking sight a clean place to communicate with friends. I think the big issue is what kind of information Facebook keeps when you are asked to enter it and yes, as they made aware in their privacy policy they do keep general information such as gender, date of birth ECT. Your password however, is not kept on record. Our birthdates is required to prove that we are over 13 however they provide a setting in order for it to be hidden from people who view your profile so each individual is able to determine how much personal information they are willing to share. In order to sign up for Facebook you must agree with certain terms and regulations. some of these include: That you will not send or post unauthorized things such as spam on Facebook; We will not bully or harass other people; that we do not provide false information about ourselves and one final example is that we will not post anyone else identification documents on Facebook. I believe Facebook has taken many precautions and put in a lot of thought into what could possibly go wrong and how they can prevent it.
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