CBC Documentary, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/facebook-follies.html
Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_qjkSS1-3M
Excerpts:
Human beings, by nature, are social creatures.
one of our basic and primitive needs is to connect with others.
When the telegraph was invented in the 19th century,
it changed everything.
And all the innovations in communication that followed
served the same purpose: to bring people closer together.
Most people don't understand about facebook
it's not being done for love.
It's a business.
And it's not even free.
You may think well, I'm not paying for this. Well,
you are paying for it. You're paying for it with your data.
You're giving away personal information which is a
commodity to facebook which they can sell onto others.
So you actually are the product which facebook is selling.
It happens all the time
computer hackers and fraudsters stealing
other people's identities, to make money.
You know. Because like,
particularly if you're young,
your identity changes quickly.
And the person you are at like 19, might be completely
different from the person you are two years later.
What i do here
effects
you there,
because there is no 'there'.
There's only 'here'.
And online 'everywhere' is here.
And 'right now' can be forever.
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