Social Networks

Social networking websites grant users the ability to build social relations with other users that share similar interests. Social networks have also granted users ability to be able to become anonymous if they so chose to be. Another issue that is currently in public interest is how social networks are dealing with privacy of data. A breakdown of a few social networks and their positions on data privacy are as follows:

Facebook - see Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Twitter - Twitter has a privacy policy page that outlines what Twitter does with data from users who have both signed up and not signed up. Any data that will be distributed will not be done so unless consent is given. Twitter makes a point to say non-personal data is shared to show how well a tweet performs, and personal data from that can be requested but will not be used unless consent is given.

Instagram - Owned by Facebook, so see Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Reddit - Reddit is more liberal on their policy than Twitter is, but that may be due to the more anonymous nature of the site. When signing up users need only provide an email address and a username of your choice which can be much less personal.

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