Social Networking Service[1] Vie privée[4] is a concept related to the potential risks and concerns that come with using online platforms designed for connecting people. Originating with early platforms like Six Degrees and Friendster in 1997, privacy concerns have always been associated with these services. These concerns range from stalking and catfishing to data collection without consent[5] and identity theft. It’s worth noting that once information is posted online, it becomes public and can be tough to erase entirely. Users’ personal data is often required for these services to operate, and privacy settings[2] may not fully protect this information. Furthermore, these concerns extend to institutions like schools and government agencies, raising ethical questions about user confidentiality. With the increasing use of médias sociaux[3], understanding and prioritizing privacy has become crucial for all users.
It has been suggested that this article should be split into articles titled Potential dangers of social networking sites, Privacy concerns of Facebook et Concerns of Snapchat. (discuss) (June 2020) |
Since the arrival of early social networking sites in the early 2000s, online social networking platforms have expanded exponentially, with the biggest names in médias sociaux in the mid-2010s being Facebook, Instagram, Twitter et Snapchat. The massive influx of personal information that has become available online and stored in the cloud has put user privacy at the forefront of discussion regarding the database's ability to safely store such personal information. The extent to which users and social media platform administrators can access user profiles has become a new topic of ethical consideration, and the legality, awareness, and boundaries of subsequent privacy violations are critical concerns in advance of the technological age.
A social network est un social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. Préoccupations en matière de protection de la vie privée liées aux services de réseaux sociaux is a subset of data privacy, involving the right of mandating personal vie privée concerning storing, re-purposing, provision to third parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet. Social network security and privacy issues result from the large amounts of information these sites process each day. Features that invite users to participate in—messages, invitations, photos, open platform applications and other applications are often the venues for others to gain access to a user's private information. In addition, the technologies needed to deal with user's information may intrude their privacy.
The advent of the Web 2.0 has caused social profiling and is a growing concern for internet privacy. Web 2.0 is the system that facilitates participatory information sharing and collaboration on the Internet, in social networking media websites like Facebook et MySpace. These social networking sites have seen a boom in their popularity beginning in the late 2000s. Through these websites many people are giving their personal information out on the internet. These social networks keep track of all interactions used on their sites and save them for later use. Issues include cyberstalking, location disclosure, social profiling, third party personal information disclosure, and government use of social network websites in investigations without the safeguard of a search warrant.
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