{"id":544549,"date":"2023-01-27T21:32:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T18:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-happens-to-our-data-when-we-no-longer-use-a-social-media-network-or-publishing-platform\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T21:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T18:32:41","slug":"what-happens-to-our-data-when-we-no-longer-use-a-social-media-network-or-publishing-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happens-to-our-data-when-we-no-longer-use-a-social-media-network-or-publishing-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"#What happens to our data when we no longer use a social media network or publishing platform?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40edb3c2c2d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40edb3c2c2d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happens-to-our-data-when-we-no-longer-use-a-social-media-network-or-publishing-platform\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_happens_to_our_data_when_we_no_longer_use_a_social_media_network_or_publishing_platform%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What happens to our data when we no longer use a social media network or publishing platform?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happens-to-our-data-when-we-no-longer-use-a-social-media-network-or-publishing-platform\/#Massive_amounts_of_personal_data\" >Massive amounts of personal data<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happens-to-our-data-when-we-no-longer-use-a-social-media-network-or-publishing-platform\/#Controlling_data\" >Controlling data<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happens-to-our-data-when-we-no-longer-use-a-social-media-network-or-publishing-platform\/#Privacy_protections\" >Privacy protections<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-happens-to-our-data-when-we-no-longer-use-a-social-media-network-or-publishing-platform\/#The_right_to_online_safety\" >The right to online safety<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_happens_to_our_data_when_we_no_longer_use_a_social_media_network_or_publishing_platform%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What happens to our data when we no longer use a social media network or publishing platform?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/what-happens-to-our-da.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/what-happens-to-our-da.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"What happened to all of the content posted on social media platforms and blogs \u2014 like MySpace and LiveJournal \u2014 more than two decades ago? Credit: Shutterstock\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/what-happens-to-our-da.jpg\" alt=\"What happens to our data when we no longer use a social media network or publishing platform?\" title=\"What happened to all of the content posted on social media platforms and blogs \u2014 like MySpace and LiveJournal \u2014 more than two decades ago? Credit: Shutterstock\" width=\"800\" height=\"394\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                What h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to all of the content posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> platforms and blogs \u2014 like MySpace and LiveJournal \u2014 more than two decades ago? Credit: Shutterstock<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The internet plays a central role in our lives. I\u2014and many others my age\u2014grew up alongside the development of social media and content platforms.<\/p>\n<p>My peers and I built personal websites on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/692445\/remembering-geocities-the-1990s-precursor-to-social-media\/\">GeoCities<\/a>, blogged on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/about\/\">LiveJournal<\/a>, made friends on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.failory.com\/cemetery\/myspace\">MySpace<\/a> and hung out on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/society\/technology\/nexopia-is-an-online-utopia-for-teens\/\">Nexopia<\/a>. Many of these earlier platforms and social spaces occupy large parts of youth memories. For that reason, the web has become a complex entanglement of attachment and connection.<\/p>\n<p>My doctoral research looks at how we have become &#8220;databound&#8221;\u2014attached to the data we have produced throughout our lives in ways we both can and cannot control.<\/p>\n<p>What happens to our data when we abandon a platform? What should become of it? Would you want a say?\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Massive_amounts_of_personal_data\"><\/span>Massive amounts of personal data<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We produce data every day as part of our work, communication, banking, housing, transportation and social life. We are often unaware\u2014and therefore unable to refuse\u2014how much data we produce, and we seldom have a say in how it&#8217;s used, stored or deployed.<\/p>\n<p>This lack of control negatively impacts us, and the effects are disproportionate across the different intersections of race, gender and class. Information about our identities can be used in algorithms and by others to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/research-information.bris.ac.uk\/en\/publications\/patterns-of-use-conceptualising-the-role-of-web-archives-in-onlin\">oppress,<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhi.ac.uk\/san\/waysofbeing\/data\/data-crone-crawford-2015b.pdf\">discriminate<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pudding.cool\/2021\/10\/lenna\/\">harass<\/a>,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7551\/mitpress\/10483.001.0001\"> dox<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26522\/ssj.v15i3.2536\">otherwise harm us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Personal data privacy is often thought of along the lines of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9271365\/privacy-sobeys-data-breach-perscriptions\/\">corporate breaches<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/scarborough-health-network-data-breach-1.6465355\">medical record hacks<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/ontario-gamblers-affected-by-recent-betmgm-data-breach-1.6217778\">credit card theft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My research into youth participation and data production on the popular platforms that characterized the late 1990s to 2000s\u2014like GeoCities, Nexopia, LiveJournal and MySpace\u2014shows that this time period is an era of data privacy that is not often considered in our contemporary context.<\/p>\n<p>The data is often personal and created within specific contexts of social and digital participation. Examples include diary-style blogs, creative writing, selfies and participating in fandom. This user-generated content, unless actions are taken to carefully delete them, can have a long life: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2018\/01\/10\/the-tyranny-of-the-internet-is-forever\/\">the internet is forever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Decisions about what should happen to our digital traces should be influenced by the people who made them. Their use impacts our privacy, autonomy and anonymity, and is ultimately a question of power.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, when a website or platform &#8220;dies,&#8221; or &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netlingo.com\/word\/sunset.php\">sunsets<\/a>,&#8221; decisions about data are made by employees of the company on an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2021-05-04\/yahoo-answers-shut-down-social-platforms\">ad-hoc basis<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Controlling_data\"><\/span>Controlling data<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Proprietary data\u2014that which is produced on a platform and held by the company\u2014is at the discretion of the company, not the people who produced it. More often, options that a platform provides to users to determine their privacy or deletion do not remove all digital traces from the internal database. While some data is deleted on a regular basis (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/mar\/10\/yahoo-deleted-all-my-emails-and-theres-nothing-i-can-do-about-it\">like Yahoo email<\/a>), other data can remain online for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, this data is collected by the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/\">Internet Archive<\/a>, an online digital library. Once archived, it becomes part of our collective cultural heritage. But there is no consensus or standards for how this data should be treated.<\/p>\n<p>Users should be invited to consider how they would want their platform data to be collected, stored, preserved, deployed or destroyed, and in which contexts. What should become of our data?<\/p>\n<p>In my research, I interviewed users about their opinions on archiving and deletion. Responses varied drastically: while some were disappointed when they discovered their blogs from the 2000s had vanished, others were horrified at their continued existence.<\/p>\n<p>These varying opinions often fell along differences in context of production such as: the original size of their perceived audience, the sensitivity of the material, and whether the content comprised photographs or text, used vague or explicit language, or contained links to identifiable information like a current Facebook profile.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Privacy_protections\"><\/span>Privacy protections<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is often <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aoir.org\/ethics\/\">debated by researchers<\/a> whether user-generated content should be used for research, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/JICES-12-2021-0125\">under what conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Canada, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ethics.gc.ca\/eng\/policy-politique_tcps2-eptc2_2022.html\">Tri-Council Policy Statement<\/a> guidelines for ethical research assert that publicly accessible information has no reasonable expectations of privacy. However, there are interpretations that include social media specific requirements for ethical use. Still, public and private distinctions are not easily made within digital contexts.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gdpr-info.eu\/\">General Data Protection Regulation<\/a> (GDPR) has helped shift the standards with which personal data is treated by corporations and beyond, expanding rights to consider restrictions to access, amend, delete and move personal data.<\/p>\n<p>Articles 17 and 19 of the GDPR on the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataprotection.ie\/en\/individuals\/know-your-rights\/right-erasure-articles-17-19-gdpr\">right to erasure (the right to be forgotten)<\/a> are a significant move toward individual digital privacy rights. Those in the EU have legal standing to remove their digital traces, should it contribute towards personal injury, harm or provide inaccurate information.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_right_to_online_safety\"><\/span>The right to online safety<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>However, many have argued that a focus on individual privacy through informed consent is not well placed in digital contexts where privacy is often collectively experienced. Informed consent models also perpetuate expectations that individuals can maintain boundaries around their data and should be able to anticipate future uses of it.<\/p>\n<p>Suggesting that platform users can &#8220;take charge&#8221; of their digital lives places the impetus on them to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reallifemag.com\/digital-hygiene\/\">constantly self-surveil and limit their digital traces<\/a>. Most data production is out of a user&#8217;s control, simply because of the metadata generated by moving through online space.<\/p>\n<p>If the web is to be a space of learning, play, exploration and connection, then constantly mitigating future risk by anticipating how and when personal information may be used actively works against those goals.\n                                                                                                                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Thesis: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tspace.library.utoronto.ca\/handle\/1807\/125246\">Databound: Histories of Growing Up on the World Wide Web<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    The Conversation<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg><use href=\"https:\/\/techx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v2\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                This article is republished from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\">The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. 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