Is #DeleteFacebook Going to Change Academic Life and Scholarly Publishing?
What might the recent backlash to revelations about how Facebook was exploited mean for the scholarly ecosystem?
What might the recent backlash to revelations about how Facebook was exploited mean for the scholarly ecosystem?
Facebook argues that its erosions of privacy reflect changing social norms. But is what it’s doing just plain wrong?
As we learn more on an almost daily basis about the growing power and influence of social media and Facebook in particular, Alison Mudditt spoke recently with Siva Vaidhyanathan about the intricate relationship between media and democracy, and the critical […]
How much privacy are you willing to relinquish for convenience? How much effort are you willing to expend for security? This month we asked the chefs: Where Is The Balance Between Security, Authentication, Marketing, and Privacy?
Recently, pronouncements by online mega-players (Google, Facebook) have been lighting up the boards as Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg particularly have made incendiary comments about the future and value of privacy. Here’s Eric Schmidt, in a brief clip, saying things […]
Can you prioritize privacy in user research? Simply put – yes.
Defining privacy is tricky, and it’s moreso in the digital-soaked world we live in. How can we frame our thinking on the issue?
Minhaj Rais looks at possible solutions for beneficial data mining activities that don’t infringe on user privacy.
[…] then read again. Now there’s going to be a couple more links in a moment, but first, some facts about Facebook: In 2014 Facebook declared revenue of $12.4bn on the back of some 1.39 billion users, 1.19 billion of whom […]
Privacy concerns seem aimed at the small stuff, but could expand into a system of censorship.
[…] networks and media are running into conflicts with their users as they try to generate revenue from their services. Recent moves by Google, Facebook and AT&T are all sparking controversy as each encounters opposition to their business models from their customers.
Mimi Calter, Deputy University Librarian for Stanford, offers a useful framework for libraries as they consider patron privacy.
We continue to battle the tidal wave of data with a bucket brigade of individual privacy settings. Maybe it’s time to pause and consider a state-level solution, ala Estonia.
Facebook continues to try to redefine identity as an addressable single element for its business model. Should we monkeys allow it?
[…] professor and founder of L2, and Swisher, about this “platform” distinction (Galloway is in italic, Swisher in bold): I think Facebook and Google both face the same issue, and that is they want to sell advertising against content and then […]