Do you think "public is the new 'social norm,'" as Facebook's Zuckerberg claims? Or do we have a right to privacy in a Web 2.0 world?

I do think that every person has the right to privacy - they can choose how much they want to reveal to others. However, you have a decreasing EXPECTATION of privacy, in inverse proportion to how much of an online presence you have. Anyone using any sort of forum or social media to reveal information about themselves, has to understand that information is now public and cannot be taken back.

The lines have been blurred between public and private, causing all sorts of new clashes in intellectual property law. The owners of these forums and social media have access to any content you give them, and may use it in ways you would not have foreseen. Whether it's the giants like Amazon, Google and Facebook, or whether you're posting a comment to a blog or an article, you are forfeiting your privacy and your personal information.

Based on what you write, a web site may block you as a user, or may sell your information to marketing and research companies. They may irretrievably delete your content without warning, or they may hold it in an archive forever, accessible to anyone who searches for it. It is folly to create a Facebook page or submit an Amazon review without understanding the possible consequences.

Zucketbergs a fool over this fiasco. There are many scenarios where privacy is still the norm, maybe there is a tin foil scenario we haven't examined such as the intelligence agencies that have invested in facebook, they would gain alot of information be defaultig to public. That all conspiracy talk though.

Defaulting to publc will help them monetize more, which is what most company will always look towards. I don't remember facebook ever saying they would do no evil.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.