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An Explicit Link Between PRISM and Social Media Intelligence

Net-Savvy Executive

Writing at Wired UK, Paul Wright has some concerns about the use of social media monitoring in law enforcement: Meet Prism''s little brother: Socmint. For the past two years a secretive unit in the Metropolitan Police has been developing the tools for blanket surveillance of the public''s social media conversations.

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Whose Ethics Apply in Social Media?

Net-Savvy Executive

Today's Wall Street Journal had Twitter abuzz about social media monitoring and privacy in closed communities ( 'Scrapers' Dig Deep for Data on Web ). Specifically, a health discussion board and a social media analysis vendor using individual accounts to access personally identifiable health information.

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Former Facebook User Explains Why He Quit

Ari Herzog

The privacy/ “Like&# issues themselves were not huge for me; I’ve always had very public settings on my profile and I’m generally very open on the web. At what point, as an advocate of government-to-citizen social media efforts, do I say, we’re not creating content to sell Facebook ads?

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

G & S: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for social networking and creating and interacting with online communities; Downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing groups within virtual communities; Software development tools; Downloadable software to enable development, (..)

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5 Social Networks That Are Alternatives to Twitter (Plus, What You Need to Know)

Buffer Social

It’s based on an open-source, “federated” concept, where different servers use the same protocol to speak to each other and share content to one feed. If I had the technical prowess, I would create a “Creator Economy” or “Social Media Updates” feed.

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The software development community -- especially the open source community -- has long used "bounties" to help lure developers to certain tasks. Cofundos.org is focused specifically on open source software, but the team behind it has indicated that they plan to adapt the concept to other areas, including beyond software development.

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Why Government Monitoring Is Creepy

Net-Savvy Executive

Quiz: A government agency wants to monitor social media in the course of performing its function. You have zero privacy anyway. Expectations of privacy Where do we get this expectation of privacy in public places? How can we expect privacy in a public place? Oh, good, I see lots of hands for both answers.

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