"Facebook Is Using You"

Before, I read this article I didn’t care about the things that I posted on the internet. However reading this article has informed me on how the things I do on the Internet could be used against me.

According to this article, Facebook makes money by selling ad space to companies that want to reach u. Then they chose certain key words or details that we say. Such as statuses, relationship statuses, location activities, favorite book or employment. Then Facebook advertises the ads. For example, if you post a status saying you love sports, a sports ad is most likely to pop up on the side on the screen.

The information can be easily used against you. 

According to the article, material found online has been used against people battling for child custody or defending themselves in criminal cases. Internal Revenue Service searches Facebook and MySpace for evidence of tax envaders income. Employers even sometime decide whether to hire people based on their online profiles. 70 percent of the recruiters and human resource professionals in the United States have rejected people based on data found online.

I feel like this is crazy, scary, and weird. People are using online information against you. I believe that there should be a type of law to prevent this.

When I get on Facebook, I shouldn’t have to worry about what my information will do to me. I get on facebook to socialize and to have fun. Hearing about all this makes me upset. Like everything that I write online can be used against me in the long run and I shouldn’t feel this way.