¶ … representatives of the social media sector have faced growing complaints about their lack of provision of privacy to users. In particular, users have complained about a lack of privacy in disclosure of information of users to third party individuals. Zuckerberg, innovator of Facebook, promised attempts to ensure greater privacy, but most users are skeptical about his intent to deliver. The complaints have culminated in further cause for concern as lack of privacy results in possible deceptive trade practices. Earlier this week, fifteen privacy groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and senator Schumer urged the FTC to draft guidelines for social media in order to protect their user's privacy.

Actually, as with all issues, my opinion regarding whether or not the government should intervene in ensuring that social media place more regulatory controls over the protection of privacy on social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn is mixed. There are two sides to every issue, and the same applies here too.

On the one hand, Facebook, for one, has...

In the meantime, the issue just escalates and this may have an incremental weakening effect on people's social trust for others with an extreme, though not impossible situation, of national chaos and distrust as a result. The latter is foreseeable mainly due to the opportunity that unscrupulous people take in gaining access to other's privileged and private information and scamming them.
Facebook has a pattern of seeking forgiveness rather than asking for permission. Since organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation are frustrated and angry as a result, they have resorted to drafting online petitions that call for a series of rules to be put into effect that would regulate social media venues such as Facebook. Examples of these regulations include the following: (1) The Right to Informed Decision-Making; (2) The Right to Control -- users should control use and disclosure of their information and (3) The Right to Leave -- users should have the right to leave…