ZAMORA, MARDI ADRIAN

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JULIET RAVEN BENTULAN
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1. What is this data privacy all about?

The scandal of personal data of up to 87 million Facebook users who downloaded an academic
researcher's quiz that scooped up their personal profiles and improperly shared them with British
political consultancy Cambridge Analytical has caused social media giant Facebook to be doubted and
questioned in regards to data protection of their 2 billion users of their application. On the other hand,
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has stated that people should hold him responsible for the failure to
protect user data; nonetheless, Facebook is learning from its mistakes. Facebook will adopt a more
serious approach to protecting user data in the face of potential abuse, hijacking, and manipulation of
this large social media program as a result of this huge blunder. And their solution to the problem is to
rethink their interaction with people in all aspects of their business, even if it will take several years to
regain the trust of the affected users. Users will also be required to use new privacy tools that will allow
them to see whether their information has been unlawfully shared and will undoubtedly assist Facebook
users understand what happens to their personal information online. Facebook will also beef up its
efforts to prevent users' accounts from promoting disinformation, propaganda, and other controversial
content. Nonetheless, Facebook accepted full responsibility for their error and stated that they will
improve their service following this incident, or else the personal privacy information of all Facebook
users will be jeopardized.

2. How does this Facebook privacy scandal relate to Heidegger’s notion of revealing modern
technology as challenging forth?

Modern technology, according to Heidegger, is a problematic firth since it is quite aggressive in its
activity and allows people to perform things faster and easier. Heidegger explains that modern
technology challenges the nature and demands of its resources, which are most of the time forcibly
extracted for human consumption and storage. This is not as simple as we think because Heidegger
explains that modern technology challenges the nature and demands of its resources, which are most of
the time forcibly extracted for human consumption and storage. The advent of technology in social
media today is a perfect illustration of how individuals abuse and forcefully assign this technology as a
tool to satisfy their never-ending craving for satisfaction and pleasure. Like the Facebook user data
debacle, in which users' private information was inappropriately shared due to a single tap of their
fingertips on an academic researcher's quiz. Everything was forced to disclose that we no longer needed
to work with nature's rhythms since we had learnt to manage it. Facebook learned how to control and
prevent its users' personal privacy information from being hijacked and manipulated as a result of their
wrongdoing, while Facebook users learned how to defend themselves from dangerous websites and
hackers. So, we may deduce from this circumstance that, thanks to current technology, the process of
revealing never ends. Because everything is on-demand, we can always reveal things on our own terms.
 3. How are facebook users’ enframed in the particular data privacy scandal?

As Heidegger notes, modern technology's technique of disclosing is an enframing since it opposes

and sets upon nature as a way of looking at reality. In simpler terms, it's as if nature has been placed in a
box so that it may be better understood and managed in accordance with people's preferences, and
considered as a programmable and calculable information system. These Facebook users were framed
because, despite the security of their social media app, they reveal the true nature of the app they use,
all in the name of satisfying their forcible desire for satisfaction. They were able to show the true nature
of current technology as a result of the misbehavior of social media behemoth Facebook Company, and
they were able to deduce what is true from this mistake that needs to be addressed. The truth is that
enframing is done because people seek security in order to manage it for their own desires, even if it is
violent enframing. Because, after all, both Facebook and its users are terrified of the unpredictability of
their own pursuit of happiness, they will go to great lengths to understand and control the nature of
their happiness.

4. How do you think Facebook can be used in a way that is more consistent with Heidegger’s
idea of poiesis or a bringing forth of technology?

Facebook is an online social networking service that allows users to communicate with one another.
It's a straightforward method of communication, therefore disseminating critical information isn't as
difficult now that this technology is available. In addition, Facebook includes a video chat tool that
allows users to speak with one another. This enables them to communicate face to face, even if they are
separated by a great distance.

5. How can the Heideggerian notion of ‘questioning’ guide Facebook users toward a beneficial
use of social media?

Facebook users can utilize the Heideggerian questioning notion as a guide to the underlying purpose
of social media by querying the technology itself. They begin to wonder what technology's ultimate core
is. They could then weigh the pros and downsides of the initial purpose. Users can judge whether or not
their use of technology is ethical or for a good cause using the Heideggerian questioning concept.