Tag: facebook
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Will Facebook “archive” the One Million Strong for Barack group?
With Facebook announcing an “upgrade or die” policy for old-style groups, it’s a stressful time for One Million Strong for Barack. As the Erratic Synapse writes in Facebook Stands Poised to Take Our Group of Over 980,000 Obama Supporters… Back to 0 on Daily Kos, Here’s the problem: our group may not be eligible for…
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The first Facebook skirmish of the 2012 election
Not too shabby at all. The Town Hall itself seems to have gone well (Ryan Singel’s Softball questions, familiar themes has the details in Wired, and Sharon Gaudin’s A Sign of Things to Come in Computerworld puts it in context), but there’s no question that ForAmerica showed a lot of strength on what used to…
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Save the Rave: Stop Surveillance in San Francisco
Hot on the heels of last month’s joint San Francisco Youth and Entertainment Commission’s hearing on electronic dance music, we’re back with a sequel.  Now, in what Jim Harper of Cato calls a “jaw-dropping attack on privacy and free assembly“, the San Francisco Police Department has proposed onerous new conditions for permitting for all…
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Security alert: bots using Facebook chat
If somebody starts chatting with you and asks you to try a link, be wary … No, I didn’t click on the link. I do my best to keep up with security patches, but why take the chance of visiting a site that’s likely to be filled with malware?
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Is Facebook subject to breach notification laws for revealing phone numbers?
Security warning: If you don’t intend to share your phone number on Facebook, ask a friend to check their Phonebookand see if it’s there. And it’s a good time to check to your privacy settings — my brother Greg has instructions on The Happy Accident. Update, October 7: See the Twitter discussion in the first…
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Iran, censorship, social networks — and hundreds of thousands of people risking their lives
“I think the filters and the restrictions have been going on for so long in Iran that the experienced people are already prepared for this,” said Jon Pincus, a former Microsoft project manager and digital activist who works on projects promoting online freedom. Iranians dodging internet censorship , Doug Gross, CNN The OpenNet Initiative’s Cracking down…
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Zuckerberg: Facebook to ratchet up exploitation, only bans “outliers”
Richard Wray, in Facebook aims to market its user data bank to businesses on guardian.co.uk: Facebook intends to capitalise on the wealth of information it has about its users by offering its 150 million-strong customer base to corporations as a market research tool. The appearance, later this year, of corporate polls targeted at certain parts…