Are social networking sites safe?

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Hi, I’m an 11-year-old that is doing an I-Search project for school. My topic is whether or not social networking sites are as safe as they say they are, and we have to have an…

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Facebook Privacy Settings Guide

Last updated: March 18, 2010

What is the point of using your Facebook privacy settings?

Well, it really depends on what you do or don’t mind strangers and friends knowing about you. This information includes: Who you’re dating; what…

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The net imitates life.  Those social conventions we apply to real life cross over to the web, especially on sites like Facebook and Twitter.  Screen-to-screen encounters, however, compel people to waive common courtesy along with prudence over the Internet. And…

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At the heels of the recent uproar over Facebook sharing user data with third parties, comes the issue of featuring users’ images in advertisements they might not even endorse.

Meet Cheryl Smith: a consultant who found out her image was used…

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If your understanding of the word “tweet” extends as far as bird chirping, then you probably haven’t heard about the social phenomenon Twitter.  Twitter is a short-message social network that allows members to post 140 character musings online. As of…

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Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have, in recent years, become one of the most common ways for people to keep in touch. You can send emails, post entire albums of pictures, reunite with friends around the world,…

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Social networking giant Facebook, has been in the hot seat in recent months, receiving bad press as a phishing hotspot, sex offender haven, and lawsuit opportunity.  This month, Facebook has found itself in yet another legal scuffle for violating privacy…

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Twitter is the latest of the social networking sites. Instead of all the options of Facebook or MySpace, Twitter is a high-tech haiku service. Users are limited to posting messages of one hundred and forty characters and reading the updates…

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In the past two years, 90,000 registered sex offenders have gotten the boot from MySpace, one of the top social networking sites.  That brings a sigh of relief for members of the Myspace community, but for Facebook members, don’t hold…

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By special guest author: Sarah Newton of http://TheTeenCoachBlog.com

I recently I read something that really showed me the difference in the generations and their thoughts, feelings and use of technology.

A College Dean at Cambridge set up a fake profile to spy…

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