Social Media & PR Expert Kris Ruby joined FOX NEWS Shepard Smith to share about the new changes to Facebook’s privacy and how users will be impacted.
From now on, there is no way to prevent your Timeline from coming up when someone searches for you by name. When enabled, the setting removes the ability for users to access a Timeline profile via search, even when a user puts in the exact name of the person he or she is locating.
These major Facebook changes impact the larger social media privacy discussion. Facebook says that currently only “single-digit percentage” of their users had the settings activated. While that may seem low, at 1.2 billion profiles, even at one percent that is still 12 million people who didn’t easily want to be found.
People who were on Facebook who thought they could keep a “hidden identity” will now need to decide if they should get off the site altogether. This raises the larger question: if you don’t want to be found and don’t want to be “social” should you really even be on social media?
In 2014, people really need to understand if they want to be active on social media they are giving up a certain amount of privacy. This needs to stop coming as a shock to people that are active on these platforms.
KRIS RUBY is the CEO of Ruby Media Group, an award-winning public relations and media relations agency in Westchester County, New York. Kris Ruby has more than 15 years of experience in the Media industry. She is a sought-after media relations strategist, content creator and public relations consultant. Kris Ruby is also a national television commentator and political pundit and she has appeared on national TV programs over 200 times covering big tech bias, politics and social media. She is a trusted media source and frequent on-air commentator on social media, tech trends and crisis communications and frequently speaks on FOX News and other TV networks. She has been featured as a published author in OBSERVER, ADWEEK, and countless other industry publications. Her research on brand activism and cancel culture is widely distributed and referenced. She graduated from Boston University’s College of Communication with a major in public relations and is a founding member of The Young Entrepreneurs Council. She is also the host of The Kris Ruby Podcast Show, a show focusing on the politics of big tech and the social media industry. Kris is focused on PR for SEO and leveraging content marketing strategies to help clients get the most out of their media coverage.