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11/11/2009 |
Attack on Facebook groups for protest
INTERNATIONAL | Consumer Protection | An organization called Control Your Info attacked hundreds of Facebook groups.
The purpose of the attack is to highlight a flaw in the way Facebook handles group administration.
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04/11/2009 |
MySpace will fight social gaming scams
INTERNATIONAL | Cyber Crime | MySpace is responding to recent reports regarding scams in socical-gaming, and will change it`s terms of use... Continue
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02/11/2009 |
Two girls filed a lawsuit against their school over photos posted on MySpac
USA | Freedom of Speech | Two girls from Churubusco High School in Indiana file a lawsiut against their school district.
They claim they were punished for posting on MySpace sexually suggestive photos of them taken during their summer vacation, and this violated their free.. Continue
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01/11/2009 |
Satanist seduced teenage girls using Myspace
AUSTRALIA | Pedophilia | An Australian Satanist was arrested after assaulting a 15 years old using his Myspace blog... Continue
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29/10/2009 |
New e-mail scams target Facebook users
INTERNATIONAL | Cyber Crime | Fred Touchette, a senior security analyst at AppRiver said 2 e-mail scams.
The social network users get a legitimate-looking Facebook notice that asks them to provide information to help update its log-in system, where their user name is filled in.. Continue
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26/10/2009 |
Power.com against Facebook – latest development
USA | Copy Rights | Court decided to dismiss Power.com suit against Facebook, after an ongoing legal battle between the two, over copyright violations... Continue
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25/10/2009 |
A Settlement in a class action suit over Facebook`s Beacon program recieve
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | A Class action law suit over Facebook`s controversial Beacon program recieved preliminary approval last friday. The settlement sujest that Facebook will stop the Beacon service, and act to promote online privacy... Continue
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19/10/2009 |
History: Judge allows Twitter in court
AUSTRALIA | Legal Procedure | Judge Dennis Cowdroy allowed two technology journalists, Andrew Colley from The Australian and Liam Tung from ZDNet Australia, to report about the iiNet copyright case over Twitter... Continue
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15/10/2009 |
Social networks look for `depressed` users
NEW ZEALAND | Evidence | Researches from New Zealand`s Victoria University have devised a program that detects users` moods.
It scans posts to identify key words such as `depressed`, or `I don’t want to live anymore` or `I want to kill somebody` and offers help to the use.. Continue
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12/10/2009 |
2 Companies Suing Facebook for Patent Infringement
INTERNATIONAL | Patents | Tele-Publishing Inc of Boston and Mekiki Co Ltd of Japan are each suing Facebook for allegedly infringing on their patents related to the essence of social networking... Continue
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11/10/2009 |
Prisoned for Poking
USA | Harassment | Shannon Jackson from Tennessee allegedly broke an order of protection against another woman by "poking" her on Facebook... Continue
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10/10/2009 |
Parents found out their daughter died over Facebook
AUSTRALIA | Privacy | Parents of a 16-year-old girl found out she died in a car crash after it was posted on the Facebook social networking site even before police informed them... Continue
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07/10/2009 |
Injunction served over Twitter was a success
ENGLAND | Legal Procedure | Donal Blaney who convinced the High Court last week to allow to serve an injunction over Twitter, said it was a success... Continue
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02/10/2009 |
Court ordered to serve injunction via Twitter
ENGLAND | Legal Procedure | Britain`s High Court ordered to serve an injunction via Twitter to an anonymous Tweeter who had been impersonating Donal Blaney, a right-wing political blogger.
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29/09/2009 |
Prisoner updates family and friends on facebook
ENGLAND | Criminal Law | Mark Elliott, the murderer of Mark Witherall, who was sentenced for life, is using the social network Facebook.
Through facebook he tells friends how he spends his days having fun.
Michelle, Mark Witherall`s widow, said Elliott`s behaviour is a.. Continue
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