When do you think following a person on social media goes too far?
Social media stars have made YouTube videos and posed tweets and so on about a breach in their privacy such as a fan showing up to their front door when they never disclosed their address and so on. A lot of the time we see this in the Hollywood world when celebrities have private photographs leaked or when emails get hacked and shared on the Internet. We can look at the huge Ashley Madison hack that exposed all of the sites users. These are all examples of a breach in privacy.
See here a video of the popular YouTuber TheSyndicateProject who talks about fans showing up to wherever he is staying and simply asks for privacy.
Can someone who has chosen to live their life publicly ever truly have a private life?
When someone publicizes something they are wanting the whole world to see. Whereas when someone posts to their private Facebook they have in mind that that post will stay between them and their friends list. But since we are posting things onto a public platform, is everything fair game for anyone to post or share?
I belived the general publicity vs. privacy debate is not neccesarily new to society, as the film and television star has grappled with this conflict since the introduction of film. Although that being said, I do agree that as citizens since the use of social media our lives have become much more public that we have been in the past. This is a by product of social media and unfortunately seems as though it will be a necessary evil.
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