The document discusses the increasing importance of Facebook and the controversies surrounding it, including privacy breaches, conspiracy theories, and the impact of overuse on personal and professional life. Notable facts include the platform’s founding in 2004 and its rapid growth to over one billion active users by 2012, along with associated risks such as cyberpsychological disorders, relationship problems, and the prevalence of fake accounts. It also highlights the potential for careless information sharing to lead to national crises and the need for caution in using the service.

2.  Facebook and it’s increasing importance
 Reasons NOT to trust Facebook
 Privacy Loopholes
 Privacy Breach
 Conspiracy Theory
 How Overuse and Careless Use of FB Leads to:
 Personal Problems
 Professional Problems
 Take-Aways

3. FACEBOOK- QUICK FACTS
 Social Networking Service started in 2004.
 Founders: Mark Zuckerberg with his
college roommates Eduardo
Saverin,Andrew McCollum, Dustin
Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
Mark Zuckerberg,
Chairman and Chief
Executive of
Facebook, Inc.

4. As of September 2012, Facebook
has over one billion active users with
2.5 million new users being added every day.

5. The Ramu Rampage
 Quintessence of how:
• careless sharing of information
(and/or) easy manipulation of Facebook
can cause national-level crisis.

6. “I fear the day when the technology
overlaps with our humanity. The world
will only have a generation of idiots.”
- Albert Einstein

7. Reasons Not to Trust
Facebook Privacy Loopholes
 The C.E.O. has been
accused of indulging in
selling off
user private information
 FB repeatedly describes
its corporate culture as
“the hacker way”

8. Evolution of Privacy
on Facebook

9. Privacy Breach
 Girls, in particular, fall
prey to malice
unleashed by ex-
boyfriends or random
stalkers.
 Fake profiles, hate
groups and defamatory
pages easily created by
downloading the profile
pictures.

10.  As of 2012, 83
million fake
accounts.

11.  Conspiracy Theories
- Facebook is CIA-Funded Data-Mining
Project
Reasons Not to Trust Facebook

12. Bangladesh Government
closely monitors Facebook
 FB Ban on May 29, 2010 over satirical
images of the PM
- perpetrator sentenced to 7 years imprisonment

13. Personal Detriments Due to
Over-Use of Facebook
 CyberPsychological Disorders
-Narcissism
-Depression
-Delusion/Schizophrenia
 Procrastination
 Stalking
 Relationship Problems
 Privacy Breach
-Blackmail
-Maligning

14. CyberPsychological Disorders:
Narcissism  Research from Western Illinois
University revealed Narcissism
is associated with those who
have large numbers of
Facebook friends
 More self-absorbed and self-
centered.
 Gives birth to fakeego.

15. CyberPsychological
Disorders: Schizophrenic
Delusion

16. CyberPsychological
Disorders: Depression

18. Procrastination
 People tend to overestimate the
importance of Facebook

19. Relationship Problems Due
to Facebook
 A great platform for
relationship deceits
 Fuels jealousy and suspicion
in romantic relationships

21. Relationship Problems Due
to Facebook
 Divorce attorneys say Facebook flirtations are
frequently cited in their cases.
 One in five divorce cases were filed due to
Facebook
related issues

22. FACEBOOK

23. Offensive
posts
“letoffsteam”via
socialnetworks
Non-cooperative
teamwork

24.  Browsing facebook after
university/office reduces study
time.
6 billion minutes a day
on facebook.

27. SUGGESTIONS