Glubble seems like the only interesting site listed. Unfortunately, children these days don't seem to care about kid-friendly sites and would rather have full access to videos they shouldn't be watching and visiting sites they probably shouldn't be on. For a lot of them, they don't have boundaries on what they view on the internet because they are not taught internet safety.
The article about ACLU's attempt to make Facebook users realize that we basically have no privacy on the social site is pretty interesting. Here's my problem with people thinking this is the worst thing in the world: Facebook is a social site. There is no privacy from the get-go. The only privacy you have is setting your profile to 'private', but that only limits people you don't want to see what you're doing. Your friends have full access and can share your information with anyone. Plus, with the quizzes, your information is used for advertising. It's used to get statistics about what should be advertised on Facebook. Big deal. Not that I care to look at advertisements while I'm on there, but I certainly don't care if they're there.
The only privacy setting on Facebook that I find to be great is the blocking feature. Once you block someone you never see what their posts are, or what their profile picture is and they can never see yours. But if you really think your profile is private from everyone, just by clicking 'private', then you're just being silly. And people who are appalled and surprised by the ACLU article need a reality check.
Monday, September 21, 2009
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