GegenStandpunkt English (July 1, 2012)
Von webmaster • Juli 2nd, 2012 • Kategorie: InternationalGegenStandpunkt English (July 1, 2012):
The social network Facebook
The new home of the bourgeois individual [Translated from Gegenstandpunkt: Politische Vierteljahreszeitschrift 4-11, Gegenstandpunkt Verlag, Munich]
Facebook, the social network, has been extremely popular with its members: 900 million registered users worldwide tap away at their keyboards, making the site one of the most visited on the web. Facebook, the company, is no less in demand among investors: they look forward to its IPO, estimating its value at $100 billion.
But there are also critical voices: politicians and the media denounce the lack of data protection. The German Consumer Protection Minister has indignantly deleted her user account while warning users to be more careful with their data.
Meanwhile, the “Facebook generation” is said to have instigated the revolutions in the Arab world that have been named after it, thus having advanced global democracy a great deal. The Pirates, the recently founded German internet party, has congratulated them on it.
I. The user as a public persona: the really existing caricature of the bourgeois competitor and market participant
II. Everything for the user: new laws and educating the people
III. And to top it off: the “Facebook generation” makes revolutions and rejuvenates democracy
http://www.gegenstandpunkt.com/english/Facebook.html
cf.:
http://www.gegenstandpunkt.com/gs/11/4/inh114.htm
