Ethics Of Privacy
Instagram and the Ethics of Privacy
Monday, Feb. 4, 2013
Background
Founded in 2010, Instagram considers itself to be “a fun and quirky way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures.” By downloading the free Instagram mobile application (or app), users snap a photo with their mobile phone, then choose a filter to transform the image, and can share it on various sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The company views itself as more than just a photo-storage tool but a way “to experience moments in your friends ' lives through pictures as they happen. We imagine a world more connected through photos.”
In April 2012, the 13-employee company was acquired by social networking giant Facebook for approximately $1 billion. In …show more content…
Instagram users including celebrities and top internet marketers are making such a fuss about the revised policy, simply because they are strongly disagree with the new policy that do not respect their privacy right. Why do we make such a claim? Let 's take a look at the terms and conditions which currently state that: “[users] hereby grant to Instagram a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensed, worldwide license to use the content that you post on or through the service.” This also shows that there are already 100 million existing members would continue to use Instagram without being made aware of the change to the privacy …show more content…
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Mitra-Thakur, Sofia. "Instagram Says It Won 't Sell Users ' Photos." E & T Magazine. N.p., 19 Dec. 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
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Teich, Al. "The National Press Club." Internet Privacy Expert to Speak on Instagram Controversy at Photo Committee Lunch Meeting Wednesday, Jan. 30. The National Press Club 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, 28 Jan. 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
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Monday, Feb. 4, 2013
Background
Founded in 2010, Instagram considers itself to be “a fun and quirky way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures.” By downloading the free Instagram mobile application (or app), users snap a photo with their mobile phone, then choose a filter to transform the image, and can share it on various sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The company views itself as more than just a photo-storage tool but a way “to experience moments in your friends ' lives through pictures as they happen. We imagine a world more connected through photos.”
In April 2012, the 13-employee company was acquired by social networking giant Facebook for approximately $1 billion. In …show more content…
Instagram users including celebrities and top internet marketers are making such a fuss about the revised policy, simply because they are strongly disagree with the new policy that do not respect their privacy right. Why do we make such a claim? Let 's take a look at the terms and conditions which currently state that: “[users] hereby grant to Instagram a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensed, worldwide license to use the content that you post on or through the service.” This also shows that there are already 100 million existing members would continue to use Instagram without being made aware of the change to the privacy …show more content…
"Kant 's Ethics." Kant 's Ethics. Trinity University, 23 Apr. 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
Hull, Richard T., PhD. "The Varieties of Ethical Theories." Given at Buffalo Psychiatric Center (1979): n. pag. 27 Mar. 1979. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
Mitra-Thakur, Sofia. "Instagram Says It Won 't Sell Users ' Photos." E & T Magazine. N.p., 19 Dec. 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
Rushe, Dominic. "Instagram Founders Turn Two Years of Work into $1 Billion Only in Silicon Valley." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 10 Apr. 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
Smith, David. "Instagram Loses Half Its Daily Users In A Month, And Here 's Why [REPORT]." International Business Times. N.p., 14 Jan. 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
Teich, Al. "The National Press Club." Internet Privacy Expert to Speak on Instagram Controversy at Photo Committee Lunch Meeting Wednesday, Jan. 30. The National Press Club 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, 28 Jan. 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
Weisman, Aly. "Celebrities Tweet Their Outrage Over Instagram 's New Terms." Business Insider. N.p., 19 Dec. 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
West, Henry R. "Utilitarianism." Utilitarianism. Encyclopædia Britannica, 23 May 2005. Web. 13 Apr.