News Comment #10
October 19, 2020
For this weeks article I chose “Irish regulator investigates Instagram over children’s data” written by The Associated Press. In this article it discusses how Instagram is launching an investigation from their headquarters in Ireland on data that is getting out for users under 18. A lot of this happened when “likes” were taken away for the mental health of people, but then people began to switch their accounts to business ones so they could see the likes. With their account being a business account, their information is out to the public and anybody can access. Therefore, the investigation is figuring out how to change or block that.
This article relates to quite a few different things that we discuss in class. It starts out with a good lead, stating where, who, and what. You know exactly what the article is going to be discussed about and why this is happening. Another thing is that they don’t just throw quotes into the article, they incorporate them into the article. A lot of it they just paraphrase the quotes, but still say a person or company said it. I also liked this article because it is showing that social media and reporters are caring for the people. They are giving the people, especially people of my age and generation, information that could protect them. However, it could be seen as a breach of privacy or rights because they stated they changed some things for the “mental health” of people. It is their business to inform the public, but is it their business for how the public handles it?
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