ESSAY ABOUT FACEBOOK

Luis Comas

PSU ID: 935059301

9/5/2018

APA Bibliography/Citations

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Chaykowski, K. (2018, April 04). Facebook Says Data On 87 Million People May Have Been Shared In Cambridge Analytica Leak. Retrieved September 06, 2018, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2018/04/04/facebook-says-data-on-87-million-people-may-have-been-shared-in-cambridge-analytica-leak/#49b024c33e8b

In this article, Chaykowski describes how Facebook admits that the unfortunate event of the Cambridge Analytica Leak caused user data to be compromised and that 87 Million users might have been the most affected.

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Nicholls, S. (2018, April 09). The Facebook data leak: What happened and what's next. Retrieved September 01, 2018, from http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/09/the-facebook-data-leak-what-happened-and-what-s-next

In this article, Nicholls gives the readers his own opinion on what might occur with users and how Facebook is looking to prevent something like the Cambridge Analytica Leak from happening again. Nicholls also emphasizes on the fact that users still have the main responsibility of keeping their data safe even though Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are at fault this time.

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Singer, N. (2018, April 11). What You Don't Know About How Facebook Uses Your Data. Retrieved September 01, 2018, from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/technology/facebook-privacy-hearings.html

In this article, Singer uses research on what Facebook uses users data on. This article’s main focus is to unmask the unfortunate business that Facebook uses the data of a massive amount of their users for and how Facebook makes an insane amount of profit doing so.

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Segall, L. (2018, September 4). US elections: Effort to undermine American democracy "has not stopped," former Facebook security chief says. Retrieved September 04, 2018, from https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/04/technology/us-elections-disinformation-alex-stamos/index.html

In this article, Segall focuses on interviewing Facebooks’ former security chief. Segall also questions the former security chief on what the Cambridge Analytica leak means for U.S. elections’ security overall.

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Ingram, D. (2018, April 15). Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users. Retrieved September 04, 2018, from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-tracking/facebook-fuels-broad-privacy-debate-by-tracking-non-users-idUSKBN1HM0DR

In this article, Ingram from reuters magazine ensures that although facebook knows the implications of data leakage from their website, they are currently working on preventing this from happen. However, this article also focuses on letting readers know that nothing will be 100% secure.

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Kovacs, E. (2018, March 13). Facebook Flaws Exposed Friend Lists, Payment Card Data. Retrieved September 04, 2018, from https://www.securityweek.com/facebook-flaws-exposed-friend-lists-payment-card-data

In this article, Kovacs highlights the most recognizable flaws on Facebook. Kovacs focuses on the exposed friend list and card payment information being the most vulnerable flaws that the website is currently dealing with.

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Reports, C. (2018, August 30). How to Use Facebook Privacy Settings. Retrieved September 05, 2018, from https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/facebook-privacy-settings/

In this article, Consumer Reports focuses on informing Facebook users on how to use Facebooks’ privacy settings. The main idea is to educate users how to use the settings given to them to create an extra layer of protection.

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Conlin, B. (2018, July 19). 7 Unexpected Ways Facebook Is Good for You. Retrieved September 05, 2018, from https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2534-facebook-benefits.html

In this article, Conlin focuses on the positives of having Facebook. Although there is a lot of controversy because of the Cambridge Analytica data leak, it is a known fact that Facebook has also brought many positives to the table. Facebook is responsible for many good things such as reuniting families through the use of bits and bytes and basically creating a trace of ourselves even when we are deceased.

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Ruiz, M. (2017, May 26). This Election Has Turned Me-An Otherwise Normal Woman-Into an Internet Troll. Retrieved September 06, 2018, from https://www.vogue.com/article/election-2016-political-fights-facebook

In this article, Ruiz talks about how the past elections were different than previous presidential elections. This article also focuses on including data on how Facebooks’ data leak made Ruiz an internet troll.

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Price, R. (2017, December 15). Facebook admits that social media can be bad for you. Retrieved September 06, 2018, from https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-social-media-bad-for-users-mental-health-2017-12

In this article, Prince focuses on informing users’ that even Facebook knows that their website can post serious health risks. Prince also give crucial data from multiple studies showing the effects of Facebook addiction.