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Has Social Media Killed Off Privacy?

Laurel Papworth

What with Tom Tom selling our GPS data to the police that then book us for speeding, and facial recognition connecting our faces to our social networks and the privacy implications that entails, are we thinking enough about the big issues in our rush to upload, tag and share content in online communities?

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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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Monday Roundup: Secrets

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Steven Depolo via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: Online privacy is a valid concern in today’s connected world (yes, even for me). area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool. Your Career and You: Say No to Negativity.

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LinkedIn’s University Pages: Brilliant or Dumb?

Firebelly

Photo Credit: Flickr: smi23le. Along with privacy issues for the new young users, some now say the company’s creditability could be called into question. How do you feel about high school students joining your professional social media community? .

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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy. I figure if you want private communication, go to IM. Plus, the privacy is only one way (incoming only). I was responding to Kelly who says that the privacy is still one way.

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

Waxing UnLyrical

So I asked my community: what advice they’d give to young(er) women entering/in the PR field? 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™.

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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. Matt LaCasse is in the business of strategic communications.

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