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Ever wonder what your clients are thinking or saying about a particular issue? Social media makes it easy to find out as proven by the number of tweets, posts, blogs, etc that were devoted to Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act. Naturally, it’s helpful to know how your clients feel about certain issues, but it’s also good to know how they are expressing themselves. Deanne Katz’s article, “Everyone Has a Social Media Opinion on the Health Care Ruling, ” examines some of those comments.

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In a widespread student protest in Montreal, Quebec, students are helping raise awareness of perceived unfairness in tuition hikes through social media. They have also effectively harnessed social media to organize their public protests. Perhaps most significantly, the students are doing a much more efficient job of utilizing social media channels than the government is. Nelson Wyatt’s article “Social Media Making It Easier to Organize Student Protests, Get Media Out” provides a good overview of the situation.

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Regulated companies face additional challenges when incorporating social media into their communications network. Bloomberg BNA will hold a special online educational forum this week to address many of these quickly changing challenges. They envision the program as being valuable for attorneys and senior executives. To learn more, follow the link.

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The Password Protection Act was introduced in both houses of Congress this week. The Act would protect employees from having to divulge any social media passwords to their employer. Read more in Bob Sullivan’s article Bill Would Make Facebook Snooping, Digital Spying By Employers Illegal.

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Pinterest is the hot new social networking site that allows users to “pin” pictures in a series of “albums” that they create. Pictures can be taken from one’s own personal library or from anywhere – almost – on the internet. Numerous questions about the copyright legality of this practice have lead to sites like Flickr, Yahoo and Facebook adopting Pinterest’s “kill switch” which disables users ability to pin pictures from those sites. Christopher Mims explores “The Genius of Pinterest’s Copyright Dodge.” And here are three articles on how Flickr is responding:

*David Murphy “Flickr Adopts Pinterest ‘Kill Switch’ to Prevent Photo Sharing.”

*Jennifer Van Grove “Flickr Disables Pinterest Pins on Copyrighted Images.”

*Dylan Love “Flickr Is Fighting Copyright Theft On Pinterest.”

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Proposed changes to EU privacy laws could have ramifications for US companies. Kate O’Flaherty examines the potential risks to companies that don’t protect user data: “EU Proposes Changes to Privacy Laws.”

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Here’s a follow up to Friday’s post on Homeland Security’s monitoring of social media for potential threats. James Verrinder highlights the “Privacy Concerns Raised Over US Government Social Media Tracking.”

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Once again, the Department of Homeland Security is being urged to increase its monitoring of Social Media sites for “threats”. Should you be worried about your privacy the next time you tweet or post to Facebook? Mark Hosenball examines the issue in “US Lawmakers Press for Internet Monitoring.”

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You might think that Social Media might not be something you need to add to your already full plate as a trial lawyer. Todd Ruger’s article explains why “Trial Lawyers Should Be On Social Media.” He also references – and provides a link for – a recent article in the American Bar Association: “Social Media and the Modern Fact Finder.”

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Is your computer running slowly? It may be because of a visit to a social media site and could be a wake up call that your entire network might be at risk. Here’s an article that looks at the results of a new global survey on corporate social media security.

Websense, “Social Media Helps Business, but Real-Time Content Protection is Needed.”

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