Facebook Case

One of the most popular sites¬¬ of our generation is Facebook, and with over four hundred million users on it, it is definitely not difficult to find people. Just by knowing someone's first and last name you can find their Facebook page. Whether people keep their page private or not is up to their discretion. However, most people do not take caution to the many hazards of Facebook and do not keep their page private. With a click of a button you can find out the general area in which somebody lives, where they go to work or school, private information about their families, and so on. Giving random people the power to know so many personal details so easily is dangerous and quite stupid. Facebook may be a fun way to interact with family and friends, but it has also become a convenient way for predators to find their victims when it comes to things such as kidnapping, stalking, and cyber bullying.

Facebook was originally created in 2004 by a Harvard college student named, Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his closest friends. It was originally called "thefacebook" and was created for college students to connect online with the students in their school. In 2005 it was renamed, Facebook and since 2004 it has branched off from Harvard to the rest of the world. With so many people on Facebook and the site being so popular it is easy to re connect with old friends and family. For many people, one of the best uses of the Internet is the ability to reconnect with people from their past. It used to be that hunting down long-lost friends was a time-consuming and often frustrating event. In recent years, however, social networking sites such as Facebook have revolutionized the process by making it easy to locate anyone, anywhere, just by using a simple search engine. This leads to millions of people getting in touch with past classmates, friends, and distant family members. With a convenient search bar, the site allows people to simply type in who they are looking for and instantly hundreds of results come up to search through. Many graduates today who simply wish to keep their acquaintances from high school, college, or even their best friends can always stay in touch with them through the site.

Although Facebook was originally created for communication purposes, it has become the scene of many other violent acts. Once teenagers got a hold of a computer and Facebook, things such as cyber bullying came into play. Cyber bullying is one of the largest forms of bullying in our world today. Teenagers and young adults have the authority to say whatever they want using comments, wall posts, pictures, videos, etc. recently, the story of Amanda Todd broke out across the nation. Amanda