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Could the Survival of Facebook Depend on Its Privacy?

Waxing UnLyrical

In the past, I’ve made the argument that your privacy is not Facebook’s responsibility, and I still believe that. Image: West McGowan via Flickr CC 2.0. You just read Could the Survival of Facebook Depend on Its Privacy? originally posted on Waxing UnLyrical , published by Shonali Burke. What do you think?

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Instagram Does the Two Step - And Steps In It

Social Media Marketing

But with yesterday's announcement of pending changes in its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service , Instagram is quickly falling from grace. It's not too long ago (okay, in social media terms, it was eons ago) that Flickr was one of the major social networks. So what happened? It was the photo sharing site of choice. Backed by Yahoo!

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Keep Yourself Alive

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Who will protect your rights, your opportunities and your privacy online? Should Google and Facebook be securing your privacy online? Don't publish anything private. This same person has been publishing pictures of their young family to Facebook and Flickr forever, for all to see. online privacy. publishing.

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Smear Tactics: Great for BBQ, but PR? Not So Much

Waxing UnLyrical

According to the article, Mark Zuckerberg and his team hired Burson-Marsteller , a well-known public relations firm, to plant negative stories accusing Google of being careless with Gmail users privacy. Image: Jimee, Jackie, Tom & Asha via Flickr, CC 2.0. THERE’S THE ARM-MAULING!!! Strike back, of course.

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On IWD, Advice for Women in PR, From (Mostly) Women in PR

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Ted Eytan via Flickr , CC BY-SA 2.0. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Someone did that for each of us. The least we can do is pass it on.

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Do You Have the Right Insurance for Your Social Media Activities?

SocialFish

Consequently, all associations are publishers and have unique liability exposures. Anyone can now make a video, recording, create a blog or publish a book. Allegations focus on copyright infringement, trademark or trade dress infringement, plagiarism, libel, slander, defamation and invasion of privacy. Media Exposures.

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Facebook's Need for Better Communication

Social Media Marketing

With Mark Zuckerberg being named the Time Person of the Year for 2010, you would think that there would be a little more thought that goes into the company's approach to privacy, major UI changes, and how those are communicated to the very people those changes affect. Image credit (top): Gordonblixt (Flickr). Image credit: inF!

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