Every time Facebook roll out a major new feature, it reels in a new controversy. The latest, Groups, allows anyone to “tag” and add a friend to a group. As usual, Facebook is under fire for requiring users to “opt out” of a new feature rather than to “opt in.” Anyone can set up a Facebook group and add anyone they want. If a group is publicly visible, anyone can see its membership.
The founder of this social networking site Mark Zuckerberg intended to make the applications more user-friendly and interactive for the users; thus allowing their friends to add them in groups they create. But interestingly, the new feature has left it to the users’ discretion to leave or join the group.
Spokesperson of Facebook Jaime Schopflin has issued a statement that says that a lot of activities depend on the sole decision of the user. For example, if you do not want to be in any group or wants to leave it, you can do that by simply ignoring the request or leaving the group. Moreover, Ms Schopflin suggested that people who are not comfortable sharing their information with their friends, should not be part of this social network site.
A user of Facebook, also a lawyer by profession reveals an email he has send to Mr Zuckerberg, complaining about the invitation of a particular group he keeps on receiving, despite ignoring it several times. The lawyer also said that the company may avoid several law suits if they pass the security tests from him before launching any application.
A somewhat similar complaint has been lodged by another user, who says that he has received at least 50 unwanted e-mails from Facebook.
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