An already stale cliche has it that “the Facebook generation doesn’t care about privacy any more”. Of course norms change with generations, but what really seems to have happened here is that people threw themselves with enthusiasm into this amazing new experience, and now, a few years on, are sometimes horrified by the consequences. In his new book, The Facebook Effect, David Kirkpatrick reports a 2009 poll of American employers which found that 35% of companies had rejected job applicants because of information they found on social networks. One in three! No one is going to persuade me that “the Facebook generation” is cool with that.
— Enjoy the film. Then try Facebook’s real challenge: restoring your privacy | Timothy Garton Ash | Comment is free | The Guardian
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