A paperback of the book, CTRL+Z: The Right to Be Forgotten by Meg Leta Jones, Photo by: Sydney Canty
This book by Meg Leta Jones is about social media, privacy, how you can protect yourself on the internet and digital information stewardship. She discusses how internet users don’t have any privacy and how important it is to be aware of that.
This podcast is a review on the book CTRL + Z by Meg Leta Jones. This podcast is hosted by Sydney Canty and Tiffany Jones. We talked about why we picked this book to critique and how it relates to the way society is run today. We touched on major points the author made and gave our feedback on those points. Our podcast mentions what CTRL + Z is, what effect the book had on us and examples from our own lives to relate back to the book. We talked about the helpful information in the book about social media, especially for the people in our age group.
We brought up how millennials are constantly on social media and should read this book to educate themselves on the lack of security on the internet. We briefly discussed the strengths and weaknesses we found in the book. There’s some humor in our podcast and we talk about which parts of the book were harder to understand than others. Tiffany and I gave our opinions on what we thought about the book as a whole. At the end, we concluded the podcast with information on how our listeners can learn more about the book.
Other people who have read the book and reviewed it feel that Jones has made her points in her writing.
“However, the right to be forgotten is not exactly what it seems. It is about a right to have information erased; but in the digital era, erasure does not mean total oblivion. This book addresses how we as a society, and in particular our lawmakers, should manage the boundaries of privacy and reputation.”
–The London School of Economics and Political Science
“The legal and moral implications require a rethinking of much of what we take for granted, and Jones is plugged in to many of the conversations. Her perspective on the question of privacy is thoughtful enough that I’ll return to Ctrl+Z in next week’s column. Suffice to say that she is not prepared to call for an autopsy, just yet.”
For more information on Meg Jones or her book, please visit Megleta.com
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