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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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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The US is not the only jurisdiction focusing on piracy and shutting down piracy sites, and the UK has joined the fray: “Introduce Anti-Piracy Measures Now, Says Shadow Culture Secretary.”

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Apparently, people can’t stop tweeting and blogging about Facebook. Since 2009, Facebook has been a leading topic on blogs and Twitter. Read “The Facebook Fascination on Social Media” to learn more about what the hot topics were on Facebook.

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Social Media’s influence in marketing is only going to continue to grow. Social media offers an excellent way for marketers to connect with consumers and allows for fairly easy tracking of that contact. Lewis Humphries looks at “The Power of Social Media: Influencing Trading and the Markets.”

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Last Friday, the New Jersey law firm Scarinci Hollenbeck announced the launch of their new website. Now visitors to the site can also access the firm’s Facebook, Twitter, Google +, LinkedIn accounts, and YouTube channel. Read the press release here. The firm describes the new site as a “unique social and digital media experience.”

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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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It’s likely not surprising to anyone that social media is playing a part in Occupy Wall Street. Here’s an article on just one instance of how social media is being harnessed.

By Drew Grant, “Occupy Wall Street’s Media Team Arrested, Secretly Film Events in Back of Police Van.” New York Observer.

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