Is Free Republic considered social medjia? How about DU?
A quick review of the law and definitions say that discussion sites are in fact social media. So one could reasonably argue FR and DU are indeed social media. But regardless of the definition, the minute you hit the post button you have placed something in the public domain and as such have given up voluntarily to keep things private.
The scary thing about social media is that people cheerfully and individually give up their rights and don’t think about it. It’s not Orwellian at all. No one is forced to put anything on any social media. But an awfully lot of people volunteer and awful lot of things that can be discovered. Now maybe all those posts we read where people threaten things no matter how tongue in chest suddenly don’t look so good.