Social Activity and Privacy: Web Means the End of Forgetting

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Social and Privacy
The phrase ‘The Web Means the End of Forgetting’, relates to the fact whatever is posted online, has the innate characteristic of never being undone. As such, whatever on posts on the social media websites or other sites, stays on the internet without the means of retracting them. Stacy Snyder, according to Jeffrey Rosen may be an icon; this basically means that relative to the case of the said online privacy victim, Stacy may become a point of reference for many years to come relative to issues regarding only privacy and how they can affect people’s lives and careers. Stacy made a seemingly innocent post and it ended up jeopardizing her career and her life. The main point of the essay is that, social media websites and mannerisms have changed the element of privacy in the society towards public disclosure.
Social media sites have brought on elements of the way that people share information to incl...