The Paradox Of Privacy!

IN 2004, a game-changing social network came into being and changed the way social interactions, privacy and networking worked forever.

- Anurit Kanti

It was Facebook, and it was free. But as it turns out, “if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product”. Recently, the social networking giant came in the eye of the storm for being a medium of privacy infiltration and unintended political manoeuvring. It brought about a whole tangent of debates questioning the tenants of privacy, our behavioural reaction to political manipulation, as well as the significance of data mining to generate revenue and geopolitical ramifications. This brings us to the question should social media be regulated?