Leaving Your (Digital) Mark

What's up, Internet? The online world is where I spend so much of my life, and many can say the same (how else would one be reading this?). There are so many oft-used social media websites, and everyone has an account on at least one: Facebook and Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat, Pinterest and Tumblr. It's how people stay connected, learn more about current events, and find virtually any information through some speed Google search. But with such accessible power, it's only logical that safety is key to anyone who uses those. YouTubers, for example, share their names and birthdays and faces. The concept of privacy is ever-changing, especially when it's digital. The infographic by Hong Kong's Digital Design GO Globe provides a surplus amount of facts and statistics about this matter, and TBH it's pretty interesting- I've posted the link at the bottom of the page, so check it out! 
In a survey, 55% asked someone to untag them from a post for the sake of privacy concerns, and 60% have given false info as a precaution. I, personally, have a tendency to give some type of inaccurate info on a site, such as my birthdate. Taking a look at this source, the idea of tracing a digital footprint can connect to me and millions of others. Factually, 78% of users said they're concerned about a lack of privacy as a result of having so much information about 'em available on the Internet. Me, as well: there are so many warning about 'if it's online, it's there forever' and 'careful what you post, an employer might see it' and so on. Through that, one learns to not have something that needs covering up. Still, social media is meant to be a place to unwind, and having to watch what you say puts on a layer of caution where people want to just relax. I as well, like to just take the Internet as a place to ease up. But sometimes when they don't watch it, we get the large issue that is 'Internet trolls'. And since you can hide behind a screen, some say whatever pops to their fingers. There are privacy settings, thankfully, but even they can't cover up everything: 68% of Internet users believe current laws don't suffice for privacy. Do you?

The aformentioned source, with many sources cited in the infographic itself

Meet the Author

Hi guys! Turns out you landed on my profile... 
Here you'll see my thoughts on all sorts of matters: the beat of this blog will be centered around the Internet, since that's where you're reading this, after all.
To change things, to touch people, to make the world a better place, to help people even if just one soul out at a time is something people must strive for, etc. etc. deep stuff here. I love to write, so constant writing updates will be posted on here. A variety of civil rights or digital privacy, the Internet as a whole or the aspects of journalism, will be found on in this blog. As one would expect of a blog, the writing will be discussion-type articles on what I think matters. Be warned if you click, because I'm both a random and sarcastic person, and you might see that in what I write about, be it about social justice or what I think of the newest hit song. 

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