The Nation magazine has recently published a provocative story that opens with this paragraph:
‘When one of America’s largest electronic surveillance systems was launched in Palo Alto a year ago, it sparked an immediate national uproar. The new system tracked roughly 9 million Americans, broadcasting their photographs and personal information on the Internet; 700,000 web-savvy young people organized online protests in just days. Time declared it “Gen Y’s first official revolution,” while a Nation blogger lauded students for taking privacy activism to “a mass scale.” Yet today, the activism has waned, and the surveillance continues largely unabated.’
The “surveillance system” in question is the ubiquitous Facebook networking site. Chances are, many of you are Facebook users and would really benefit from reading the rest of this article. Here it is.
“About Facebook” – by Ari Melber (The Nation)
