Is Facebook getting too big?

Well, as we all know, Facebook has grown exponetially. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on one's view. We all know the positive impact it has at connecting people all over the world, and how it can effect social and political issues. We know that it makes an enormous amount of information available to us through our friends and the site groups, etc. But is our privacy at risk? Zuckerberg has always been protective over the information that his users provide to Facebook. He says that "You need to be good in order to get people's trust"(329). But will Facebook get so big that he will lose control over our privacy? What if the government gets involed? What if the system is compromised? Even though the information we provide is voluntary, it is still very personal and sensitive information. No, Facebook does not send vans around taking pictures of our streets as Google does for their map software, or use "crawling" to gather information (324), because Zuckerberg believes in empowering the individual. But as we continue to provide our personal data, Facebook is growing into a "global village" (333) that is unprecidented, and this may lure the involvement of not-so-trustworthy individuals all over the world. The author states, "At the same time, Facebook's global scale, combined with the quantity of personal information its users entrust to it, suggests a movement toward a form of universal connectivity that is truly new in human society." (332) This may sound inspiring and profound, but the question remains, can Zuckerberg continue to control the privacy of our information?