Privacy law expert warns of the perils of social media and social reading
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 22:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The Internet and social media have opened up new vistas for people to share preferences in films, books and music. Services such as Spotify and the Washington Post Social Reader already integrate reading and listening into social networks, providing what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls “frictionless sharing.” “But there’s a problem. A world of automatic, always-on disclosure should give us pause,” says a privacy law expert.