The Viral Impact of Balloon Boy and Area 51 Events
Media & Society – Special Report By Staff Writer, Cicero News Service It begins with a spark — a quirky idea posted online, a whimsical plan whispered in a corner of the internet. Occasionally it’s just a joke; other times it’s a bid for attention. But in the age of Continue Reading
Facebook Engineers: No Idea Where We Keep Your Personal Data
Two veteran Facebook engineers were grilled about the company’s sprawling data collection operations in March. Their response will come as little relief to those concerned with the company’s stewardship of billions of digitized lives. Facebook engineers struggled to explain where personal data might be stored in 55 Facebook subsystems to Continue Reading
Don’t Blame Social Media?
What happens when you mix Law with Social Media? This two part documentary shown in the UK on C4 Real Lives, and on Channel 5 from Hey Buddy Films. Here is a compendium of misjudgement and poorly thought out decisions that brought attention and often public humiliation. Many people break Continue Reading
MI5 calls on Tech companies help
Sir Andrew Parker, MI5’s director general, has called on the technology and social media companies to establish a technical feature in their software platforms that allowed spy agencies “exceptional access” and law enforcement access to encrypted messages, amid fear they cannot otherwise access such communications. The Director is particularly concerned Continue Reading
Indonesia Greenpeace and KFC & Facebook and Greenpeace Victory
On the 15th December 2011 last year and following a two-year campaign of mobilising, agitating and negotiating to green Facebook, the internet giant announced its goal to run on clean, renewable energy. More than 700,000 people from all over the world joined to make this possible! Facebook’s message to energy Continue Reading
Jabbar Savalan Released
Fantastic News! Jabbar Savalan the young activist from from Azerbaijan has been released and recieved a pardon for his detention. today. He is now at home with his family. This is fantastic news however, 16 prisoners of conscience remain in jail in Azerbaijan. He originally was detainedby Azerbaijan authorities after Continue Reading
