Facebook Photos Trying to be "Deleted"
Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online, this article was updated on Tuesday February 7, 2012. The website is http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/tech/social-media/deleted-facebook-photos-online/index.html. After reading this article I had this summary. Facebook photos are a major problem on personal privacy. People are constantly getting tagged into photos and are uploading photos, some they may not know that they took or were in. This is a problem in getting jobs and in how people may get an impression of you. There is an option to untag yourself, but some people have the photos still and can still be found. Like everything on the internet, everything is still there. You can't fully delete anything off the internet. Though Facebook is trying to delete photos completely they are still able to be found. Photos are accessible if you have a direct link. Facebook photos are causing problems for many people, because when trying to get a job offer certain businesses are able to find some photos that they may not like. It is said that photos have the chance to be fully deleted by the CDN within 45 days. This may be true, but in my personal opinion this most likely is a fallacy. The internet is too much of a giant subject to fix. Though our society is constantly improving on our advancements in society, we are still going to have troubles solving the problem of fully deleting materials off the internet. Though inappropriate pictures are constantly getting getting uploaded, instead of people trying to figure out how to delete photos completely, people should be working on how to not allow certain photos to be uploaded. For example, if there is a photo that contains any drugs or alcohol, they should not be allowed to be uploaded. Though the age problem comes into play, people shouldn't be able to make a false Facebook account. Facebook accounts should have verified content from the persons birth certificates. Facebook and the internet are two very big aspects of peoples lives and both are very hard to keep fully true. Both Facebook and the internet have many fallacies which creates a world where more problems can occur, this is part of the reason why Facebook is trying to delete photos completely off of the internet. So overall, without the ability to find the truth out about anyone deleting photos off of Facebook completely will take longer than 45 days.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Steve's article. Going to college is vital nowadays to obtain a well paying job. Although College can help you out with succeeding, it can also hurt you. Usually College is a good experience for everyone, yet people make mistakes. These mistakes are being tagged in or being in a photo. Reading this blog I understand how much these photos can hurt you. Facebook is a website online, and it is a social network, everyone can see your information. That is why your photos can really hurt your opportunity to get a job. Jobs want to hire mature professionals, and they won't hire you if they see photos of you on Facebook that could embarrass their reputation. A company will choose a person who is smart, mature, and has a good work ethic than a person who is smart, immature, but has a good work ethic. Your facebook profile could make or break job opportunity, bottom line is to just make sure what you are doing in your off time is the right, respectable thing to do.
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