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06/06/2010 |
Kidnapped boy was located via Facebook
USA | Criminal Law | A woman from south california located her lost son after 15 years, through the social network Facebook... Continue
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03/06/2010 |
Clickjacking worm on Facebook
INTERNATIONAL | Cyber Crime | A trick that spreads a clickjacking worm hit hundreds of thousands of Facebook users ehich have been fooled into "liking" a page... Continue
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01/06/2010 |
A Facebook phishing attack using ``hilarious video``
INTERNATIONAL | Cyber Crime | A Facebook phishing attack which steal your Facebook login credentials, install malware on your computer, and even get your home address.
The attack is spread via a "hilarious video" posted to Facebook walls... Continue
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26/05/2010 |
Twitter will charge advertisers for use
INTERNATIONAL | Trade | Twitter will start asking advertisers who`s using its services to pay for commercial twitting... Continue
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26/05/2010 |
According to Facebook privacy controls would be simplified
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | Chris Cox, Facebook’s vice president of product, promised “drastically simplified” privacy controls at a keynote presentation at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City... Continue
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23/05/2010 |
Another scham on Facebook
INTERNATIONAL | Cyber Crime | Another attack using rogue Facebook applications hit users` PCs through a messages named "Distracting Beach Babes" videos that include a link to the malicious applications... Continue
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21/05/2010 |
Another privacy leak to Facebook users
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | Facebook Addmitted it sent some user data to advertisers because of a problem in Referer: URLs.
The privacy leak has been fixed.
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15/05/2010 |
European advocates attack Facebook again
EUROPE | Privacy | Privacy advocates criticize Facebook again for risking users` privacy. The privacy officials claim that changes in the social networks privacy settings cause privacy violations.
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14/05/2010 |
Died in an accident at a party organised on Facebook.
FRANCE | Internet Rights | A new dangerous trend in France: "giant drinks parties" organised on Facebook.
In two events held simultaneously in two French cities a 21 year old man has died, 57 revelers were in hospital after drinking too much, and 41 people were jailed.
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11/05/2010 |
A man was found guilty of sending a threatening message
ENGLAND | Criminal Law | Paul Chambers, who jokingly threatened to blow Doncaster airport in January was found guilty of sending a threatening message... Continue
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11/05/2010 |
A bug on Twitter messed with followers
INTERNATIONAL | Technology | A bug on the social networking site Twitter permitted users to `force` other users to follow them.
To fix the problem, Twitter engineers had to reset users` followers/following numbers to zero... Continue
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10/05/2010 |
Facebook users will be allowed to post their locations
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | Facebook is to add a new application to its status posts system that will allow users to show their location while posting... Continue
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10/05/2010 |
Serious privacy issues to Chatroulette users
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | The new social networking site ChatRoulette appears to have some serious privacy issues: its users` IP address is captured by the site www.chatroulettemap.com which posts their pic and a good enough idea of their location.
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05/05/2010 |
Facebook flaw exposed private chats
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | Facebook recalled fixing a hole in its privacy settings that caused private chats to reveille to the eyes of all the networks members... Continue
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26/04/2010 |
Google was fined over defamation lawsuit
BRAZIL | Defamation | A court in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil ruled Google is responsible for what users posted on its Orkut social networking site.
Google was fined $9169 in a defamation lasuit from 2008 of a priest claiming he was called paedophile on Orkut.
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