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Assignment #9
Should Facebook be allowed to collect data from its users?

I. Introduction (Paragraph 1)

A. Introductory statement: Facebook makes people concerned about its private policies.

B. General information and 3 topics:

a. Personal data of Facebook users had been posted to a database open to
everyone. (Huddleston, 2010)
b. Facebook meticulously scrutinizes the minutiae of its users. (NYTimes, 2018)
c. Facebook stores everything from posts to interests, events, and profile
information. .

C. Thesis statement/main idea (your argument): There should be a law that Facebook or
any other social media will not be permitted collect data from its users.

II. Body Paragraphs (Paragraphs 2, 3, 4)

A. First Topic Sentence: Facebook keeps track of its users. 

B. Supporting statements (Evidence) and Analysis of the evidence

1. An opinion published by Article 29 that Facebook’s tracking practices have

"no legal basis." (theguardian, 2015)
2. Facebook listens to users' conversations to serve ads. (usatoday, 2019)
3. Facebook tracks its users across the web by using tracking cookies.

C. Conclusion Sentence about how your evidence supports the topic sentence: Facebook
has a terrible track record for keeping user information safe and secure.

A. Second Topic Sentence: People have lost faith in Facebook.

B. Supporting statements (Evidence) and Analysis of the evidence

1. 72 percent of the users trusted Facebook "not much" to manage their data
responsibly. (thetimes, 2021)
2. The Washington Post survey show that Facebook stores data about their
personal information. (Tomlinson, 2021)
3. The illegal tracking practices of Facebook have been condemned many times..

C. Conclusion Sentence about how your evidence supports the topic senevide: If
Facebook continues to disappoint people, it will gradually destroy their careers.

A. Third Topic Sentence: Facebook puts its users at risk

B. Supporting statements (Evidence) and Analysis of the evidence

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1. By collecting data about users, Facebook jeopardizes the privacy of students.

(Zimmer, 2017)
2. Facebook breach put data of 50 million users at risk (cnet, 2018)
3. There have been numerous discussions about Facebook's dangerous
vulnerabilities. 

C. Conclusion Sentence about how your evidence supports the topic sentence: There
should be more network security to prevent social media tracking.

III. Conclusion (Paragraph 5)

A. Opposite view: Some people believe Facebook has a positive impact on society,
according to the survey by the Schar School. (thetimes, 2021)
B. Restate the Thesis StatementParagraph: There are lots of reasons to be careful
with those social media sites.
C. Summarize the 3 points of the Body paragraphs: People lose faith in Facebook due to
its tracking cookies, which put others at risk.
D. Final comment and your opinion: ‘This is a really serious security issue’
(Zuckerberg, 2018)
I think Facebook must working on their policies about users information.