Missouri Outlaws student-teacher Facebook Friendship
A law in Missouri was recently passed that makes it illegal for teachers to be “friends” with students on any social networking site that allows private communication. Here’s the complete story from NPR news. The larger bill was passed with great support because it was designed to protect children from predatory teachers. But as one […]
Google+ : Facebook :: ____ : ____
Exploring Google+, the just released social networking service from Google is like walking through an unfinished house. The frame is there but it’s missing the people and pictures on the walls that make it a home. As the invites roll out and more people sign up though, that’s sure to change. Still, even just the […]
Facebook Now Adding a Secure Connection
Big news in Facebook security settings. And it’s positive! Last week, Facebook announced they will offer users a more secure connection – encrypted HTTPS protocol instead of HTTP protocol. Similar to the type of secure connection you have when you do online banking, this protocol prevents others from capturing your “cookie” and accessing your account when you […]
Posting from home gets workers fired
Social Networking has expanded the reach of employee/employer relations. Two workers at a BC car dealership were recently terminated for making abusive and defamatory comments about their boss on their Facebook pages while outside of work. Yahoo.ca noted that the employee’s boss caught wind of the comments through the extended networks of the Facebook friends […]
Students Punished for Posts
Facebook’s 500 million users are slowly becoming aware that the web is not private space. The BBC recently reported that 16 high school students in India were each given three month suspensions for making ‘rude’ statements about a female teacher through the comment section on their profiles. Examples like this are more common than people […]
Faceological profile
We have all dabbled in it from time to time – social profiling others based on their social profiles. Our on-line identity is like our real identity. What we post is like what we wear. So who are you based on your FB profile photo? A new study out of Oxford University has shown some […]
Can’t block Zuckerberg
Creating the most successful social networking site of all time has its perks – the ability to view any users’ photos or personal information. In the fracas over Facebook’s recent privacy woes, its has been reported by Tech Crunch that the only person users cannot block on Facebook is the creator. Like Myspace’s infamous ‘Tom,’ […]
Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Who Cares?
In the past few months Internet users have been bombarded with stories about government espionage and privacy loopholes on the most popular social networking sites and search engines. While we can be assured that our on-line banking purchases and credit cards are safe (unless you get phished), the information about what we buy, where we […]
Facebook copyright nearly settled
For all those arguing for an Internet free of copyright and a utopia of knowledge, think how you would feel if one of your bright ideas was turned into billions of dollars and you didn’t receive a penny. That’s how the Winklevoss brothers, Cameron and Tyler, use to feel but not for much longer. [linebreak] […]
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