http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3675
I just read a story about a fourteen year old girl from England who used Facebook to send out invited for her birthday party. After posting, she was astonished to see that 21,000 people had replied and RSVP'd to her party. People from all over the globe replied, even a fake Justin Beaber. All these replies because she did not mark her event as "private." Facebook reacted and immediately took down the post, however, they could not stop other people posting fan pages and such about the party. This is not the first time something like this has happened. The girls mom took precautions and cancelled the party, limited her daughter internet use and called police to prevent people showing up for the party. Now it makes you wonder, since this has happened multiple times before, should or shouldn't Facebook take it upon themselves to have events set to private by default? A thing such as this could be dangerous. It could be a new way to lure predators. Gives a rapist or child predator direction right to a party full of young teens.
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WOW.. Well I have never posted and event on facebook before and I'm glad because I definitely thought it would be private by default. I don't see why it would be a big issue to automatically have it set as private. It would prevent things like this happening. Though I don't think I will ever post any event of mine on facebook, at least I know now to make it private to only those who I want to see it!
ReplyDeleteIt is a simple change, but still nothing is being done. Facebook keeps surfacing up online and in the news with more and more privacy issues.
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