Facebook faces off with Ontario gov't

The Facebook. Currently 21 million worldwide users are regularly updating their profile on their dedicated page on Facebook. From high school students to company workers, numerous people have set up their Facebook page. Has it been a good influence on people or bad influence? I myself, for example, have gotten rid of the Facebook. Generally it took too much time out of my hands. Even when I had an exam the next day, I was constantly checking on Facebook if anybody updated any of their pages. Also how would people feel if lots of people in the world are checking on your profile to see what you did yesterday, and what you usually eat for dinner? Wouldn't it be a invasion of privacy?

Now the question arrives.
Ontario government employees won't be among the 21 million worldwide users of the popular social networking website Facebook - at least while they are at work. Premier Dalton McGuinty said Thursday he doesn't see how Facebook - an internet phenomenon that allows members to display their profile, photographs, interests and comments to fellow users and reconnect with-long lost acquanitances - adds value to a workplace environment.

This is true. I currently work for University of Massachusetts Office of Information Technologies. Whenever I am on duty, I am told not to go onto the Facebook. I agree that going onto Facebook does not help the workers to work in any way. Sometimes Facebook contains pictures that are obscene for a workplace environment. this is why Facebook should be off-limit to some of the places and times.

When workers tried to log on to their accounts Wednesday, they were greeted with "access denied" messages on their screens in the same way as pornography and gambling sites are blocked on provincial computers. As a follow-up, Chris Kelly is "puzzled" by the government's decision to restrict access to the site.

Several Facebook members have started groups on the site extolling and lamenting its addictive properties, with numerous users claiming to check the site more than 20 times an hour. This shows that we really need to restrict the Facebook off from the work environment.

Mike

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Facebook faces off with Ontario gov't
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2007
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/05/03/ontario-facebook.html