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Can social influence sites be trusted?

a shared story    4 weeks 1 day 4 hours 46 minutes ago
Identifying influential voices on social networks 





Hurt ex gets six months for posting girl's nude pics on Facebook

a shared story    4 weeks 2 days 23 hours 46 minutes ago
Sometimes people get hurt after a break-up. But an Australian man learns that it's not such a good way of showing the hurt if you post nude pics of your ex on Facebook. [Read more] 





Teachers walk fine line with students on Facebook

a shared story    4 weeks 3 days 16 hours 46 minutes ago
Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation's largest, are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate contact with...  





How Facebook is draining your wallet: Users are spending much more than time on the world's most popular social network

a shared story    4 weeks 5 days 46 minutes ago
New research shows that Facebook users are heavily influenced to make impulse buys based on the recommendations of contacts on the social media website. 





Hacktivists in the frontline battle for the internet

a shared story    4 weeks 5 days 3 hours 46 minutes ago
Amid the power struggle between hacktivism and officialdom, Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow explains why he is working on a system to fund online activists hit by corporate blockades• The Guardian's Open 20: fighters for internet freedomIf there is a battle over the future shape...(more) 





Web video eyes TV ad dollars, goes ga-ga for upfronts

a shared story    5 weeks 2 days 3 hours 46 minutes ago
Google and AOL are touting upfronts for their Web video ad inventory. [Read more] 





Facebook can lead to 'addiction', especially among the poorly educated - and heavy users feel less happy about their lives

a shared story    6 weeks 4 days 22 hours 46 minutes ago
University of Gothenburg researchers say that many users log in as soon as they turn their PCs on - and that the behaviour can develop into an 'addiction'. 





Sex offenders banned from NY online gaming

a shared story    6 weeks 5 days 16 hours 46 minutes ago
Registered sex offenders in New York state are being shut out of online gaming systems that have allowed them to interact with children anonymously, under an agreement announced Thursday by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  





Nick Clegg pledges open hearings over web surveillance plans

a shared story    7 weeks 19 hours 46 minutes ago
Draft clauses in new parliamentary bill will be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee as anger grows over measuresCivil rights groups will be given a chance to challenge government plans to give the security services new access to internet data, the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said...(more) 





Online political ads aimed at specific audience

a shared story    7 weeks 21 hours 46 minutes ago
Political campaigns can target online ads by ZIP code or by aiming ads at every mobile device in a given area.  





Why Facebook will soon tell you which of your friends has an STD

a shared story    7 weeks 2 days 5 hours 46 minutes ago
A team at the University of North Carolina says social networks mirror our real-life circles of friends, showing who we might have slept with - and who could be at risk. 





Huffington Post bloggers lose legal battle for share of AOL money

a shared story    7 weeks 3 days 2 hours 46 minutes ago
Judge rejects claim that bloggers should get one-third of $315m paid for Huffington Post because they contributed to site's valueA US judge has dismissed a case brought by unpaid bloggers who complained they were deprived of their fair share of the roughly $315m that AOL paid...(more) 




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