In Australia on Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled Facebook to be a legitimate way of serving legal papers to defendants. In the case, lawyers utilized Facebook to track down a couple that had neglected payment of a loan. The influence of Facebook continues to grow, as it is now being used as legal documentation in law, and it has been known for quite some time to be a source for sketchy pictures that cause employers to fire workers for inappropriate presentation of themselves. Facebook has shown us how willing everyone is to give out their information if they can share a medium with their friends, and it is an exceptional and entertaining networking tool. However, with all of the ways people have paid consequences for having their information available, it can seem that maybe it isn't worthwhile to make a profile in the first place. Of course, there are privacy settings, but is that really enough? No matter what, making a page is a form of self-promotion that presents the person at hand one way or another. Privacy settings don't quite equate to private property, and one has to be careful how they present themselves, and how other people make them look on their page.
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