Facebook is facing a backlash
from campaigners after announcing it will allow millions of teenagers to open
up their profiles to strangers.
The social networking site
announced that users aged from 13 to 17 will now be able to switch their
settings to share posts with anyone on the internet, rather than just their
"friends" or "friends of friends".
Children's groups and internet
safety experts denounced the move, saying it could leave young people more
vulnerable to cyber-bullying.
I’m
never one to miss the chance to have a pop at Facebook, but here I don’t feel I
need to say that much as they’ve bought the gun, loaded it, pointed it directly
at their foot and pulled the trigger.
This
is such a stupid idea, and adds to the ever growing list of reasons why Facebook, in
fact all social networking, should cease to exist and humans can return to
interacting like all other animals by actually meeting each other in the flesh
instead of sitting at home alone tapping away at a keyboard convincing themselves they’re popular or important because they have 300+ ‘friends’, even though in
reality less than 10% of those ‘friends’ are people they’ve actually met and
know.
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