I know who you are and I saw what you did : social networks and the death of privacy / Lori Andrews.
2012
HM851 .A66 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
I know who you are and I saw what you did : social networks and the death of privacy / Lori Andrews.
Author
Andrews, Lori B., 1952-
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
ISBN
9781451650518
1451650515
1451650515
Publication Details
New York : Free Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
x, 253 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HM851 .A66 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.0285/4678
Summary
A leading specialist on social networks writes a shocking exposé of the widespread misuse of our personal online data and creates a Constitution for the web to protect us. Social networks are the defining cultural movement of our time. Over a half a billion people are on Facebook alone. If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest nation in the world. But while that nation appears to be a comforting small town in which we can share photos of friends and quaint bits of trivia about our lives, it is actually a lawless battle zone, a frontier with all the hidden and unpredictable dangers of any previously unexplored place. Social networks offer freedom. An ordinary individual can be a reporter, alerting the world to breaking news of a natural disaster or a political crisis. A layperson can be a scientist, participating in a crowd sourced research project or an investigator, helping cops solve a crime. But as we work and chat and date (and sometimes even have sex) over the web, traditional rights may be slipping away. Colleges and employers routinely reject applicants because of information found on social networks. Cops use photos from people's profiles to charge them with crimes, or argue for harsher sentences. Robbers use postings about vacations to figure out when to break into homes. At one school, officials used cameras on students' laptops to spy on them in their bedrooms. The same power of information that can topple governments can also topple a person's career, marriage, or future. What the author proposes is a Constitution for the web, to extend our rights to this wild new frontier.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The Facebook nation
George Orwell, meet Mark Zuckerberg
Second self
Technology and fundamental rights
The right to connect
Freedom of speech
Lethal advocacy
Privacy of place
Privacy of information
FYI or TMI?: social networks and the right to a relationship with your children
Social networks and the judicial system
The right to a fair trial
The right to due process
Slouching towards a constitution
The social network constitution.
George Orwell, meet Mark Zuckerberg
Second self
Technology and fundamental rights
The right to connect
Freedom of speech
Lethal advocacy
Privacy of place
Privacy of information
FYI or TMI?: social networks and the right to a relationship with your children
Social networks and the judicial system
The right to a fair trial
The right to due process
Slouching towards a constitution
The social network constitution.