VIP Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Did twitter set a bad precedent by blocking all handles with the name Elon Musk? (except of course for the Real Elon Musk)

For example: Why ban people making fun of Elon Musk, but not ban Nazis and Hate speech.

Vocabulary

petty – small and unimportant

eg: Don’t be petty, just get chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla.

rat – a person who tells authorities about other people’s bad actions

eg: Jimmy the rat got killed in jail.

to rat someone out – to tell authorities about other people’s bad actions

eg: We both used the petty cash to buy lunch, but he ratted me out to the boss and paid back the cash to he looked good.

snake – trick people, to get what they want

eg: We decided not to sign the contract, my boss said he seemed like a snake.

sheep – just follow people

eg: Don’t be a sheep, think for yourself.

What do you know about Facebook’s record loss of shares in one day?

What do you think could’ve been done to prevent that?

Does this seem like a temporary situation? Or is it bad news for FB?

Facebook involves in a private information release scandal recently which caused a huge loss for facebook or more precisely it’s shareholders. to Protect the private users info is the responsibility of any institution or authority which can collect enough sensitive info of their users. The users choose to use certain services or apps but it doens’t mean they also give up their rights over their private info. I think the fb can publish or adoprt certain rules which can help it protect its users in private information or at least make it much easier to manage or monitor. Of course it will be a temporary situation because the huge service providers like FAcebook, a lot of people may rely on it and they mat lose the confidential on this company for a while, but a few months later or a few hours later they will forget it and start using the fb again.

Facebook was involved in a private information release scandal recently which caused a huge loss for facebook or more precisely it’s shareholders. Protecting the private users info is the responsibility of any institution or authority which collects enough sensitive info. The users choose to use certain services or apps but it doens’t mean they also give up their rights over their private info. I think fb can publish or adopt certain rules which can help it protect its users‘ private information or at least make it much easier to prevent data breaches and unethical sharing of user data. Of course it will be a temporary situation because a lot of people may rely on huge service providers like Facebook, and they may lose confidence in this company for a while, but a few months later or a few hours later they will forget it and start using FB again.