Think Before Posting
Posted on May 24, 2010
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today, in a letter printed in the Washington Post, that in the coming weeks Facebook will add privacy controls that are much simpler to use. Zuckerberg's letter is responding to allegations that Facebook sells posted information to its "partners" and has intentionally confusing privacy settings, preventing the safeguarding of postings. For an example of the danger of posting, see http://pleaserobme.com. Although this website is currently rethinking its own future, when operational, it kept track of postings on social network sites and compiled the information to inform the worldwide web of when someone was home, where their home was located, etc. According to the site, its purpose was "not to have people burgled" (sic) but just to raise awareness. Recently, I was amazed with the bold use of Facebook by a defendant who is trying to avoid paying a judgment we obtained for a client. He declared he has no assets to the court but, apparently, did not realize that there might be problems with simultaneous posting on Facebook about his extravagant vacations and lifestyle.
