Abstract

This case study is going to examine the ethics of Twitter recently taking away one of their privacy settings. The platform no longer allows people to decide whether they can give someone’s account activity and other things about them to another company (Cyphers, 2020). When someone sees an ad on their phone while looking at Twitter, the company can also give someone’s cell phone information to other platforms such as Facebook. The Potter Box is will be used to examine the extent to how much this invades someone’s privacy. The Potter Box looks at the facts, values, principles, and loyalties that exist under ethical and unethical circumstances (Patterson et al, 2019). The Categorical Imperative created by Immanuel Kant will also help determine how ethical this is. The conclusion is going to answer the following questions:

1. Is it important for Twitter account holders to know what Twitter’s Privacy Policy says?

2. How much advanced notice should people have about a privacy policy modification and where should it be sent to?

3. Why are people willing to give up their own privacy to use Twitter?