"Picture your name here"

The article that I'm choosing to blog about has an effect on that majority of the students throughout the UMass campus. This article dealt with Facebook and one's ability to tag another person in a picture. More specifically, this article brings up the fact that there is no way to stop someone from initially tagging another person in a picture (other than that person untagging themself). This article brings up privacy issues and the lack of protection that facebook provides to each individual. On one side, individuals have the right to express themself freely. On the other side, people have a right to protect their character. Anyone who has looked at an album on facebook has probably seen an individual's character called into question via a picture. This clearly creates a conflict in which the question is whether or not an individual should be allowed to post a picture on Facebook that could possibly constitute as defamation of character. The simple solution to this question would be for people simply not to put themselves in situations where embarassing/potentially damaging pictures could be taken. Obviously, the solution is not that simple (especially when alchohol is involved).