EOTO Presentations

 A major technology I learned more about from the presentations from EOTO was Facebook and Google. Google was created as one of the first major search engines. It gives an abundance of information right at your keyboard. This also made it very convenient to find news stories and entertainment news. With this there became information overload with the product. There are many fake news sites on google and sometimes they can be there on the first page as well. There are many positives with google but there are negatives that come with it. They also do not take user privacy as seriously as they should. There have been instances where Google will share your search history with the FBI, CIA and other agencies in the United States. This is a major problem that many people have with the company and the search engine. They also sell your personal information such as your email and other information to third parties and other companies. This is why many people have junk emails with companies that they aren’t interested in. Facebook is another major technology that I learned about in the presentations. It started with Mark Zuckerburg but it was only available to college students. It eventually grew past that stage and it was a major breakthrough for social media. It allows you to share pictures and write public messages. A major issue with the company was that the CEO revealed they had breached privacy. This led to lawsuits and Mark Zuckerburg having to testify in court.