Although changes were very necessary, the recent FTC amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) have sparked some confusion, and raised concerns that they will diminish innovative and educational content production. To quickly review: COPPA restricts the online collection of personal information from children under 13 years of age in advance of parent consent. It [...]
Many companies at some point have innocently uploaded a photo on their social media page that they didn’t own, and shouldn’t have used, to the extent that it’s almost been seen as an online cultural norm. But this is changing. As technology gets more sophisticated, and people become more aware of the issues around copyright [...]
So that’s what he was building in there. Yesterday came the much-hyped Facebook announcement: a new live search engine within the site: ‘Facebook graph search’. The skinny: A search bar will allow users to find what their friends have liked or recommended, as well as photos of friends. The search functions in three main areas: Photos, [...]
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I don’t envy students and those starting out on the career ladder right now. Combining sharing with a career path, especially when you’re impulsive and inexperienced, is a social minefield. Back in the old days, knowing what personal information to share and with whom, used to be relatively easy. Only native indiscretion (or lots of [...]
Last month I wrote about the proposed changes to the US COPPA legislation (To quickly remind you: new rules to better protect children against the collection of their personal data online are being proposed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including changes to the definition of personally identifiable information.) These much-needed changes will have [...]
This is an interesting Facebook photo privacy development from protection software house McAfee. Called Social Protection, the Facebook app is designed to make image sharing on the social platform about as private as it can be, by restricting viewing either those images, or to those friends, whom you select. The app is now officially in [...]
Image courtesy of www.slashgear.com The biggest news in social media over the last few weeks has been Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram for an eye-watering US$1 billion. Not bad for two years’ work… Our social networks have been abuzz with speculation as to why and how Instagram could be worth so much for Mr Zuckerberg [...]
A social media news strand from a (mostly) US perspective. Enjoy! image courtesy of Fast Company Instagram, Instagram, Instagram! After acquisition and benefiting from an Android bump, mobile photo app Instagram achieved 40 million users total, with 10 million added in 10 days. Wowza! The news and blog worlds are full of chatter about the [...]
A social media links of the week list curated from a (mostly) US perspective. Enjoy! image of Hermione Way courtesy of yourhiddpotential.co.uk The Real Silly Valley? US cable television network Bravo announced this week that it is moving ahead with a reality series focused on Silicon Valley, executive produced by former Facebooker Randi Zuckerberg. Snark [...]
A social media links of the week list curated from a (mostly) US perspective. Enjoy! see the original at Intel.com Intel and Infographics Intel’s infographic on an Internet minute is fascinating. ”By 2015, the number of networked devices will be twice the global population.” This week, we’ve also enjoyed Intel’s What About Me tool, that [...]