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Five Things to Do About Facebook Privacy Other Than Closing Your Account

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Sure you’re ticked off about Facebook’s abuses of consumer privacy, but does closing your account accomplish anything? Facebook should not make it so hard to maintain personal privacy and should not make clandestine changes to its privacy settings. Read Facebook’s own Privacy page. Inform Your Friends.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

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The EU Unfair Business Practices Directive technically banned astroturfing (the practice of company or paid third-party representatives posing as consumers and leaving positive comments on a blog or forum) some time ago. marketing, there will be problems in areas of disclosure, privacy and fair competitive practice.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

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As the late Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan said, “Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.&#. Most users would not find an automatic system appealing, as it removes control and might raise serious privacy issues.). If you use Gowalla, please share your experience with a comment below.) Brightkite.