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Can My Social Media Actually Hurt My College Admissions?

SocMed Sean

Unless you have certain privacy measures in place, yes. There are certain privacy settings that you can use that keep your account open to the public but that hide certain posts. Consider Adjusting the Privacy Settings Across the Various Social Networks. If you have no privacy measures engaged, yes. They do in many cases.

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Top Five: Should Facebook be regulated?

Sherrilynne Starkie

A damning report said after years of self-regulation, these companies were unable to protect users data and privacy or from disinformation. For the last 18 months UK lawmakers investigated Facebook, and it’s recommended they and other social media giants be regulated.

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Is Facebook Still the Most Effective for Social Advertising?

Ignite Social Media

It is no secret that Facebook has seen its fair share of scrutiny related to data and security breaches, leading to Mark Zuckerberg answering questions from the Senate commerce and judiciary committees on privacy, data mining, regulations and Cambridge Analytica.

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Social Media Security Tips and Tools to Mitigate Risks

Hootsuite

Hackers recently accessed Twitter accounts associated with the International Olympics Committee. Privacy settings. People seem to be well aware of the potential privacy risks of using social media. For brands, the privacy risk includes both business and personal use. They got in through a third-party analytics app.

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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Janet Fouts

The House Judiciary Committee wants to toughen the law as it stands instead of re-writing it into something that makes sense now. I’m for finding ways to control mis-use and prevent abuse of our privacy but I think this bill needs to be updated to the way we really use the internet now, not from back in the ’80s.

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5 Digital Marketing Predictions for the 2018 Olympic Games

Convince & Convert

With insider access into the inner workings of NCAA-regulated collegiate sports coverage, I’m happy to report that King received social media training—to protect her privacy, her reputation, and the reputation of the university she represents. That’s a lot of responsibility for a 19-year-old student, right? Click To Tweet.

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Bloggers Are Not Journalists – But They Are Abducted, Imprisoned Tortured and Assassinated the Same #HowManyMore

Laurel Papworth

It’s probably worth investigating the number of bloggers killed in the “Line of Duty”… Today, George Brandis Attorney General for Australia stated that “ bloggers are not journalists ” in regard to the #metadata debate (Government accessing Big Data vs Privacy debate). It’s already too late. .

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