Facebook Users Can’t Block Founder Mark Zuckerberg
Founder Mark Zuckerberg has the ultimate admin power on Facebook, and cannot by blocked by anyone, reports say
Any of the 500 million plus Facebook users can block people, except it seems Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is simply untouchable, as he cannot be blocked by any registered users from their accounts.
The news was revealed by tech website Tech Crunch. It pointed to a blog called blockzuck.com, which shows what happens when Facebook users attempt to remove Mark Zuckerberg from their Facebook lives.
According to the Block Zuck blog, anyone who tries to attempt it will see the following popup bearing these words: “General Block failed error: Block failed.”
Ultimate Power
The news that Zuckerberg cannot be blocked will no doubt raise fresh concerns among privacy and security campaigners.
Of course, Facebook is no stranger to privacy concerns. Analysts have recently warned that Facebook’s new location-powered Places feature could create risks and social pressures for users. And last month a security analyst revealed online the personal details of 100 million Facebook users in a stunt intended to expose the social network’s privacy weaknesses.
Prior to that Facebook has also been at the centre of other privacy concerns, including the launch of its instant personalisation feature and the universal “like” button, as well as the fallout over the changes to its privacy settings.
Ongoing Privacy Debate
Facebook has faced persistent claims that it should be taking more responsibility for the privacy and security of its customers, and should have measures in place to prevent attacks.
The social networking giant however has previously countered these concerns, after it used a corporate blog posting in June to detail how its privacy settings worked. And Zuckerberg himself has previously defended his company’s privacy policies.
Of course, Zuckerberg is well used to dealing with this issue, after he famously said that privacy is no longer a social norm back in January this year.
Whatever the arguments, it has been noted that Facebook users seem to willingly accept Zuckerberg’s apparent cavalier attitude to their privacy issues, despite the dangers it can pose.
