Exploring my topic, I have found that the issue of social networks is very relevant in our society right now. In the article In a Wikileaks Era, Balancing Public and Private, people around the globe are wondering if the rise of social networks will benefit our society. After the release of Government confidential documents through Wikileaks, we are now realizing how blogging can completely change and abolish our thought of "privacy". What is now being proposed by blogging and internet supporters, is the decrease of privacy will help the society become more transparent.
Although transparency is important in society, it has also been braught to global leaders attention that this "publicity" may be going to far. With Wikileaks's scandal in the past, we now need to learn from it. With so many sources available online it is hard to distinguish what is correct. Therefore, regulations need to be proposed on what is released and what is "kept off the record". Although this is true, it is hard to decide where the line must be drawn. Releasing confidential documents may be unloyal to our country, at what point would the government be taking our freedom of speech away by making regulations on what we can publish online?
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