Abstract
Facebook has created a complex system of controls to manage disclosure in an effort to help users address privacy concerns. Do these controls work in practice? What about controls for disclosure to Facebook itself? We explore user relationships with Facebook and its privacy mechanisms using scenario building and explored their reactions. We then confronted them with their actual practices by using Facebook’s apps permissions screen. While the majority of respondents felt responsible for their data disclosure, they failed to live up to their own expectations. We argue that the complexity of privacy controls places unrealistic responsibilities on the users, while masking the way Facebook itself collects user data. There is an urgent need to establish clear and explicit basic privacy norms for user relationships with social media companies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, SMSociety 2018 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
Publication date | 18 Jul 2018 |
Pages | 138-149 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450363341 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 Jul 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, SMSociety 2018 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 18 Jul 2018 → 20 Jul 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, SMSociety 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | Copenhagen |
Period | 18/07/2018 → 20/07/2018 |
Series | ACM International Conference Proceeding Series |
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Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Consent
- Privacy
- ToS
- User responsibility