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read moreIs there something dangerously wrong with Facebook?
Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Saturday, 23 April 2011 11:33
When a website 'accidentally' bans a gay kiss, stops Kate Middletons who aren't princesses-to-be from accessing their own accounts, becomes an all-around time-waster that ruins relationships and invades your privacy, and its owner suggests there is too much 'free speech', it's time to take stock.
From the recent 'gay kiss' censorship that was only an 'accident' to Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion there might be 'too much free speech', we wonder whether Facebook is headquartered in the land of the free USA, or North Korea.
Then there's the latest news of some women named 'Kate Middleton' being locked out of their Facebook accounts because there might be scams against the soon-to-be Princess Kate.
Of course, the only scam at the moment is Facebook having locked out various women named Kate Middleton from their accounts.
Facebook is even helping to destroy relationships as it addicts people into staring at their smartphones almost 24/7 while ignoring their significant other, as seen in this recent 'Ask Bossy' post from News.com.au.
If you're political, you might also be dismayed at Facebook's very recent hosting of President Barack Obama where Mark Zuckerberg and President Obama shared the stage. It seems the quintessential 26-year-old nerd Zuckerberg has no problem donning a suit and tie 'for the first time in his life' to lend support to his political hero.
At least you know who holds your private information if you happen to be a Facebook user who likes Sarah Palin, the Tea Party or the GOP.
When you tie this into Mr Zuckerberg's 'too much free speech' suggestion, which is an incredibly dangerous thing to say, even if he said it just to curry the favour of that great champion of human rights, China, one begins to wonder whether we can trust anything we put in the vault on Facebook. Indeed, it's scary - scarier even than Apple's collation of triangulated location details that has become big news over the past few days.
More Facebook nightmares on page two, please wake up and read on!
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