Twitter ends link with JustSpotted.com after ‘stalker’ warnings
A Twitter has ended its
relationship with JustSpotted.com after criticism the site will help people to
stalk celebrities. The website, which is due to launch next week, is designed
to track the movements of stars
using updates from social networking sites. Postings from celebs’ Twitter accounts and sightings by fans will be used to put together a map showing where
the stars are. It had been developed in co-operation
with Twitter and other social networking websites to collate news of 7,000
celebrities who advertise their activities through the internet.
B Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch reacted angrily to news of
JustSpotted.com’s imminent launch
and spokesman Daniel Hamilton said: “Aside from being hugely intrusive, it is a gift to stalkers and
people regarded as being very strange or eccentric who could misuse it to
harass celebrities.” PR expert Richard Hillgrove told the Independent he feared
what could happen to people featured on the site if there are negative stories
about them in the press.
C “This site can be used to
facilitate a witch-hunt. You could create vigilantism, that’s a very dangerous aspect of it,” he warned. Their
concerns were echoed by lawyers and Twitter has now decided to withdraw its
support. Lawyer Rod Dadak said the site might break anti-stalking laws. “I don’t
think this site will survive,” he said. “It could be seen as inciting people to
pay celebrities a visit. It could amount to a criminal offence, and it is
certainly invading privacy.”
D Matt Graves, a spokesman for the microblogging service, said: “This is
not the product we licensed, and we have terminated
their agreement.” Twitter had previously agreed to provide postings of
celebrities to the team behind JustSpotted.com, but the new service was being
marketed as a search engine project when the deal was negotiated.
E JustSpotted.com will go ahead as scheduled, using other applications to sift
data from Twitter accounts. Its backers
insist it cannot be used to stalk celebrities, as the real-time nature of the website means people will
not be able to react quickly enough to sightings.
backer – příznivec
imminent launch – blízké
spuštění
intrusive – dotěrný
nature – povaha
posting – aktualizování,
příspěvek
sighting – pozorování
to facilitate – napomáhat,
usnadnit
to sift – prošetřit
to terminate – ukončit
track – stopovat
vigilantism – bdělost
1) Read the article and
match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Twitter has decided to stop
its support
2 JustSpotted.com could be misuse
it to harass celebrities
3 JustSpotted.com will go
ahead
4 Matt Graves’
reaction
5 Introduction
2) Read the article again and answer the questions.
1 What is the article about?
2 What is JustSpotted.com?
What does it do?
3 What is Twitter? What do its
representatives say?
4 What does lawyer Rod
Dadak think?
5 What is your opinion
about JustSpotted.com?
3) Explain the following words.
1 stalker
2 criminal offence
3 to invade privacy
4 Twitter accounts
5 to stalk celebrities
What are social networks?
How can they be misused? What information shouldn’t we publish there? What
crimes are connected with using social networks?
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1)
ReplyDelete1.C
2.B
3.E
4.D
5.A
2)
1. The article is about the ending cooperation between Twitter and Just Spotted.com for stalking a famous people and their safety.
2. JustSpotted.com is the new website which publishes on map where is some celebrity now, what is she doing now and where we can find her. It's for sighting the celebrity by their fans.
3. The Twitter is social networks where people share their posts and can follow celebrity posts. The representatives says that it is a gift to stalkers who could use it to harass celebrities.
4. Rod Dadak thinks that it could be seen as inciting people to pay celebrities a visit. It could amount to a criminal offence, and it is certainly invading privacy.
5. My opinion is that it's a bullshit. On social networks people and celebrity publishes everything about yourself and their life. So why we need to know a more? It's their privacy to which they are entitled. And we must tolerate it!
3)
1. It's a person who sighting someone and don't tolerate his privacy, in hard situation can be criminal offense
2. It's a situation when someone do some illegal activity - theft, murder etc.
3. It's a situation when someone don't tolerate privacy and hacked your person identity or steal your bank account.
4. It's a social network similar like Facebook.
5. It's a privacy invasion, when person is sighting everything about celebrity, their job, life, home, kids, daily rutine, favourite shops etc.
1. The social networks is the page for people, where they can publishes their opinion, daily rutine, and information about yourself and where they can communicate with friends.
2. Someone can stole your identity and can impersonate you or someone stalking you.
3. As little information as possible - mainly not personal.
4. Stole person identity, stalking, cyberbullying, sexual abuse, child pornography and so on.
1: 1-C
ReplyDelete2-B
3-E
4-D
5-A
2:1- This article is about the webside JustSpotted.com and its cooperataion with Twitter.
2-JustSpotted.com is a webside which tracks the movement of celebrities by using updates from social networking sites.
3-Twitter is very famous social network. It connects people and allows them to share their thoughts and feelings. It helped JustSpotted.com with tracking celebrities. The spokesman of Twitter said that it was not the product they licensed. He also mentioned that they had terminated their agreement.
4-He said the site might break anti-stalking laws.He thinks this site won't survive and that it could amount to a criminal offence.
5-I think this website is really disguisting. It can do no good and it can affect the life of celebrities more than it's necessary.
3:1- stalker is a person who tracks movements of another person. It's usually on the internet.
2-criminal offence is an activity which is not legal.
3-to invade privacy means when someone can't do nothing without being seen. This person is not free in their private life.
4-Twitter account is membership in the Twitter community. Twitter is very famous social network.
5-to stalk celebrities means when a fan or a hater goes through the instagram or facebook page of the celebrity. Stalker also sends a lot of messages to the celebrity.
1: 1)C
ReplyDelete2)B
3)E
4)D
5)A
2:1) The article is about social network Twitter and JustSpotted.com and their cooperation.
2)JustSpotted.com is a new site that publishes on a map where there is now a celebrity. It's for fans of individual celebrities to see where they can reach them
3)Twitter is very famous social network. It connects people and allows them to share their thoughts It helped JustSpotted.com with tracking celebrities. They had terminated their agreement with JustSpotted.com
4)Rod Dadak said the site could violate anti-persecution laws. " He doesn´t think this site will survive," he said. "That could be seen as encouraging people to visit celebrities." It could be a crime and violate privacy. "
5)I think this one is useless everybody deserves peace and quiet to be watched by someone else and you chased home
3:1)stalker is a person who monitors the activities of another person. Most often they are former partners who chase their ex partners.
2) crminal offence is an activity that is not legal. For example, theft, murder
3) invading privacy is a situation where a stranger breaks into another person's life and constantly watches him and the person can do nothing
4) Twitter is a famous social network where people can post their thoughts and others can comment.
5) to stalk celebrities means passionate fans chasing celebrities, even home, and pneutasle demanding attention. These people also send many annoying messages to their celebrities.
1) C,B,E,D,A
ReplyDelete2)
1. The article is about an app that aims to track celebrities where they are.
2. Application that creates a map of celebrities movement.
3. Twitter is a social network where people write their feelings and thoughts. The representative said it is a bad application for which they are not licensed.
4. He said the site could threaten the privacy of celebrities and make it easier for stalkers to work.
5. My opinion is that I do not like the application. Everyone has the right to privacy even if he is a famous celebrity.
3)
1 stalker - a person who follows people everywhere and anytime
2 criminal offence - an act that precludes law and morality
3 to invade privacy - it´s a situation where a person gets close to a person and their privacy
4 Twitter accounts - it's an account under which one can post
5 to stalk celebrities - it's a situation where fans watch their favorites anywhere and at home
1. C, B, E, D, A
ReplyDelete2.
1- This article is about application which tracks the location of celebrities.
2- JustSpotted.com is the new website which publishes on map where is some celebrity. It is for sighting the celebrity by their fans.
3- Twitter is a social network where people write their feelings and information about their lives. The representatives says that it is a gift to stalkers who could use it to harass celebrities.
4- He said the site might break anti-stalking laws.
5- I think this application is dangerous becouse people could abuse it and kidnap the celebrity.
3.
1- Is the person who follows someone.
2- Is an activity which is not legal.
3- This is situation where a stranger breaks into another person's life.
4- It is membership in the Twitter community.
5- It is situation when fans or other people follows celebrity.