Kim I guess it doesn't matter now if your a famous celebrity or some unknown obscure nobody apparently. At this rate it looks like access to the Internet will require everyone to produce official identification at some point. I suppose fees will be in the picture also. The Internet Surfers License. Sad to see the web becoming such a suspicious and mistrusting place.
Mary my guess is they may be pushing their luck a little if they start asking everyone for an official Government I.D. just to use Facebook. Like some kids at Facebook are going to check the drivers license . . then say . . "oh okay this really the person he's okay. Let's delete the copy of the upload now so the person is protected from any potential abuse." Facebook expects people to believe this? I suppose their could still be some dumb you know whats that trust Zuckerberg and crew that wouldn't shock me.
Hopefully it is just a matter of time when in the US the Freedom of Information Act is extended so that applies to not only the state but also to private concerns.
Or twitter for that matter. Hamza Kashgari, a Saudi Arabian 23-year-old, has the unpleasant distinction of being the first person facing state execution over Tweets.
Hi Kim, Can you imagine how the Third Reich and in particular The Gestapo would have florished with the spate of personal information at their disposal from the likes of Facebook?
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