I came upon an interesting article that stated that Facebook, on average, deletes over 20,000 accounts per day due to underage members and ads or spam that generate viruses. The Facebook team has been on the grind in finding these accounts. Facebook chief privacy advisor Mozelle Thompson stated that it will help clean Facebook up and so it's user friendly.
As of now, Facebook is only available to users who are 13 years of age or older. The Facebook teams sifts through many accounts and deletes the ones that will be a safety hazard. The Facebook team has also joined forces with Australia to talk about safety and the uses with large social media sites. These accounts have been very tricky in tricking the system in order to gain access to the site to spread unrelated and often illegal items.
As with everything, be on the lookout on these social media websites. I recall a friend of mine telling me that a celebrity had a Facebook account and that they had friend requested him. It seemed pretty risky. Later that day, the account was closed and everyone who received a friend request received a warning message stating to be cautious on who they were acting friend requests from. Through accepting anonymous 'friends', the users of the anonymous accounts can find detailed information about the users.
The Facebook team plans to add more more employees to their headquarters in Australia. Currently, there are a dozen employees working.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382462,00.asp
The safety of users on the internet is a concern, and I feel it will only get worse as time goes on. More and more privacy tools will need to be installed to prevent instances such as this to protect the users of such websites.
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