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New media has caused a lot of issues with privacy and confidentiality. Even when you think something is private, it isn't. When you post things on new media such as social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, etc.), blogs, wikis, etc. you're posting it with the possibility that those you are sharing it to can share it with others and with the possibility that it will portray you in a certain light. By the information being passed around digitally it's nearly impossible to ever rid yourself of something once it's out there. If, for example, there were one physical copy that you had and some of your close friends showed it around it would be easier to dispose of the picture. All you would have to do is destroy the only copy of it. While you can't erase it from the memories of those who have already seen the picture, you no longer have to worry about anyone else seeing it. 

With a digital photo on social media, even if you limit your privacy settings to only friends, there's still a possibility of others that you don't want to see it, seeing it. In the case of Randi Zuckerberg, when she shared a photo to her Facebook intending for it only to be for family, Vox Media marketing director, Callie Schweitzer, got a hold of the photo. Schweitzer then shared it which made Randi respond. The point is that Schweitzer was able to get ahold of something that wasn't intended for her simply because of privacy settings on Facebook (Greenfield, 2012). With new media, information wants to be free, so keeping things private possess an issue. Information can be spread one hundred times faster digitally than it could physically and sometimes things that you don't want to be shared are among the data going around globally. It would be wise to caution what you place on new media outlets simply because, just like words, once something is out there, it can't be taken back. 


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  1. Prasiddha ShahNovember 11, 2020 at 7:06 AM

    Hey, I really like the design of your blogger. I agree having just one original copy was less worrying but now everything is digital and we run the risk of unintended party access our private information that we didn't mean to share.

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