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Can My Social Media Actually Hurt My College Admissions?

SocMed Sean

If you’re sharing a lot over several different social media channels, you may have a problem when applying to college and to scholarships. Can my college recruiters see my social media? Unless you have certain privacy measures in place, yes. Do College Admissions Officers Actually Look at Social Media Accounts?

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Is Facebook Still the Most Effective for Social Advertising?

Ignite Social Media

In the lush landscape of social networking sites, advertisers are left asking themselves which platform will reach their target audience while generating desired business results. Facebook continues to dominate the social space as a market leader. YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat take the top spots for those ages 13-17.

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Social Media Security Tips and Tools to Mitigate Risks

Hootsuite

But hackers may still be able to gain access to secure social media through vulnerabilities in connected third-party apps. Hackers recently accessed Twitter accounts associated with the International Olympics Committee. It’s relatively easy for an imposter to create a social media account that looks like it belongs to your company.

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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Janet Fouts

When it was passed in the mid 1980′s it was intended to protect us from fraud by making it illegal to use someone else’s password for a social media site, a website or even their computer (even at their request). What’s the big deal? Don’t get me wrong.

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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). Bloggers are not Journalists.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

Most location-based services have a few basic social networking features like finding and adding friends, and communicating with friends via private messages. The National Space-Based PNT Executive Committee says GPS has “accuracy of 7.8 Brightkite. Brightkite is the first location-based application I used. With Brightkite 2.0,

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Authenticity vs. Anonymity: Would We Exist if the Constitutional Convention Met Publicly?

Stay N' Alive

They were allowing themselves to participate in an anonymous ("Committee of the Whole" - taken from the Articles of Confederation which allowed groups to meet together in private if they participated as a committee) environment, free from scrutiny or criticism of those in their supporting states that were against forming new laws for the new nation.