To again show the dangerous aspects of this criminal "Social Network", I want to turn to a recent article, that comes from the website: Galleycat, at www.mediabistro.com/galleycat, where a company in the US is using Facebook information in their pre-screening process for employment! Here is that article for my own readers to view:
Company Monitors Facebook Writings for Pre-Employment Screening Program
Your Facebook writings could come back to haunt you. Social Intelligence Corp monitors a variety of online destinations for employers.
While seven year’s worth of information will be archived, employers won’t be able to access archived information. The company explained why: “Data is archived purely for compliance reasons and not used for any other purposes. This is to provide a verifiable chain-of-custody in case the information is ever needed for legal reasons. Archived data is never used for new screens. As per our policies and obligations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the only information we collect on job applicants is employer defined criteria that is legally allowable in the hiring process. Examples of this include racist remarks, sexually explicit photos or videos, or illegal activity such as drug use.”What do you think–how many different kinds of online writing should prospective employers be able to read? This is a good time to check out the Facebook Privacy Guide.
UPDATE: Forbes has corrected their original story about Social Intelligence. Here is an important clarification about the process: “Social Intelligence had sent me some of the reports they’ve provided to employers so far, including a job applicant who had a photo on a social networking site that featured multiple guns and a sword, and another who was designated racist for joining the Facebook group, ‘I shouldn’t have to press 1 for English. We are in the United States. Learn the language.’ … Social Intelligence’s ‘negative’ findings will stay in the files of Workplace-Shooting-Waiting-To-Happen and No-Hablo-Espanol for seven years per the requirements of FCRA, though new employers who run searches through Social Intelligence won’t have access to the materials if they are completely removed from the Internet.”
Editor’s Note: This post has been corrected to add clarification from the company.
NTS Notes: OK, I will state the obvious.... THIS is a very dangerous precedence, and clearly shows how "Facebook" can come back and haunt an individual by being used against them when they are applying for work! The problem has always been that people are just too gullible and easily put up personal information in these so called "Social Networks" without realizing the consequences of their actions...
Many people have been fooled into the idea that "Facebook" and other so called "Social Networks" are for the benefit of society. However, considering the privacy issues, and the clear evidence that "Facebook" is a dangerous and evil method of more control over society, I am again asking everyone that has a so called "Facebook" account to immediately delete it! We should never give criminals an easy way to steal and use our identities for their evil means....
More to come
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10 comments:
How about personal costumer information that recently has been stolen from the banks, sony Playstation users and etc.??? If needed, your personal information can be stolen more likely from your own computer while browsing and you not even gonna find out. Facebook is nothing compare to that. Delete the account? Lets not over due that. If you affraid that much, probably it's better to "disconect" yourself from the world and go live in the forest:)
Sorry "Anonymous", but I have not read anything coming out that does not point out that Facebook is anything but a data mining operation...
If you can show how the recent information that shows how Facebook allows illegal access to private information says otherwise, then I am all ears...
Until then, have fun with your Facebook account and be careful of what you put on it!
I've long since recognized that Facebook would have been the STASI's wet dream. But years ago I was buffaloed into signing up *just once* and I've never been able to figure out how to delete that damn account! I never posted my picture (which is good because look at the creepy stuff they're up to using facial recognition technology) but I'm still being bombarded with friend requests, years later. If you can figure out how to get one's account deleted, let me know! :(
Since I have never been swindled into having a "Facebook" account, I have never had the pleasure of suffering the pain of trying to delete it!
I am hoping that other readers will gladly put up a comment in here with links/information on how to remove a Facebook account without it lingering in their diabolical files...
In the top right corner, click "Account". In the roll-out menu click "Account Settings".
You will now be taken to the "Settings" page. At the bottom is "Deactivate Account" and to the right of it is the link "deactivate".
The crucial step is to not use your Facebook account for 14 days after you've requested deletion. Only the slightest interaction with Facebook and the deletion is cancelled!
So, I've updated the information regarding this, which now reads:
Your account will be deactivated for two weeks, and if you DO NOT USE FACEBOOK IN ANY WAY during that period, your account is permanently deleted.
Your profile isn't deleted right away! You must NOT log in to, or interact in any other way with Facebook for at least two weeks, as it will cancel the deletion request. That includes NOT logging in to Facebook using any client (like the iPhone app or IM:s like Pidgin), NOT clicking embedded Like-buttons on other websites, NOT logging in to other services using Facebook Connect (like Digg) etc etc.
Well said. Jews only and multiculturalism for the eveyone else so long as its profitable to the tribe. The silly primative belief in divine right and hierarchal superiority has been proven absurd like inbreeding and Reaganomics and Henry Kissinger and on and on adnauseum.
Thanks guys... Hopefully everyone gets the message...
Thanks, everyone, I finally "deactivated" my account. I felt like a real jerk ignoring perfectly well-meaning acquaintances for years when, after all, they were just asking to be my "friend," but honestly the loss of privacy isn't worth it.
Glad we could help, Jody...
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