Cyberbullying of children through social media continues to be a persistent danger to children. However, attempts to curb it also continue to run up against defenders of First Amendment rights. Sam Stockard’s article, “Ketron to Reword Online Bully Law, ” looks at Senator Ketron’s attempts to strengthen online bullying legislation in Tennessee.
Still think people exaggerate when they talk about how pervasive social media has become in everyone’s life? According to a post on the CBS news site a “New Chicago Gang Book Explores How Gangs Are Using Social Media.”
The Entertainment industry continues to find new ways to use social media to both promote and integrate productions. Lucas Shaw’s article “As Social Media Hits TV, 2012 the Year of ‘Must-Tweet’ TV” provides insight into how Networks are using social media to good effect. Shaw looks particularly at innovative uses for Twitter and Facebook that not only involve social media departments within the networks but also active involvement from stars.
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.”
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.”
Are you really getting the best search results when you use Google? Will providing your personal information through Google+ help you get better results or simply be an invasion of your privacy? Sara Forden and Brian Womack explore the issues currently being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission in regards to Google, an investigation recently expanded to include Google+: “FTC Said to Expand Antitrust Probe of Google to Social Networking Service.”
The Internet has been inundated with stories about SOPA and PIPA in recent days, but should you be concerned about the legislation? In light of Wikipedia’s “blackout” over the two anti-piracy bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), here is an article by Stephanie Condon that will help to shed some much needed light on the subject: “SOPA, PIPA: What You Need to Know.”
Here’s a great article on some of the issues in-house counsel should trouble spot in relation to their company and social media. There are both employee and intellectual property ramifications. Darin M Klemchuk’s article, “Protect the Company in the New Social Media World”, appeared in Texas Lawyer, but provides good basic advice.
This question may seem like a straight forward question, but as Social Media is used increasingly for market penetration, the lines are also becoming increasingly blurred. Does someone follow you on Twitter simply for your expertise or product information, or do they follow you because they are interested in you? CNN Money explores this issue in “Who Owns Your Twitter Followers? Maybe Not You.”
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.”