Staff / TruthdigAug 27, 2009
Even if we still refuse to thank Canada for Alan Thicke and Shania Twain, we can cheer a recent push by the country's privacy commissioner that will make social networking giant Facebook more transparent and give users more control over the data the site collects about them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 14, 2009
The Obama administration is working to counter the myths about health care reform currently ricocheting around the Web, particularly those recently generated by a certain Alaska ex-governor, by attempting to kick another chain e-mail phenomenon into motion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 7, 2009
A significant Internet "denial of service" attack Thursday directed at popular Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter may have been carried out or instigated by the Russian government in an attempt to silence a dissident blogger in Georgia. At least so says the blogger. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJun 26, 2009
If a movie written about Facebook by Aaron Sorkin wasn't enough, the fast-growing social networking site is in the midst of hiring lobbyists in both Washington and Brussels to push for easing privacy regulations, no matter how well-meaning those restrictions may be, "that would keep people from the beneficial sharing of information." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 16, 2009
Iranian officials have cut off key communication conduits within the country and barred access to foreign news broadcasts as election protests rage on. But protesters have found ways to get information by other means: They have turned to social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 12, 2009
A debate over freedom of speech on Facebook has shaken up the Web this past week. The controversy centers on use of the social media site by such entities as Holocaust denial groups. In an interview, Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt expressed the site’s desire “to be a place where people can discuss all kinds of ideas, including controversial ones,” but drew the line at groups that incite violent behavior. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 2, 2009
It's not entirely clear how the White House joining the cyber-ranks of MySpace, Facebook and Twitter will serve to make the American government more "transparent" and "efficient," but perhaps micro-blogging will save our democracy or maybe we'll get to hear about what Joe Biden had for lunch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 15, 2009
Can plugging into online social networks via Twitter or Facebook lead to some kind of computer-aided moral decline en masse? A study out of the University of Southern California's Brain and Creativity Institute seems to suggest that this may be an imminent side effect of living in information-overloaded societies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 7, 2008
A key member of Barack Obama's past and future team of aides has learned the hard way that "transparency" cuts both ways when it comes to the potential for evidence of one's moments of private revelry -- or tomfoolery -- to travel far and wide on the Internet in a flash. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 25, 2008
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Andy Borowitz / TruthdigFeb 11, 2008
The satirist envisions a new front in the global war on terror, if only the terrorists would waste as much time on Facebook as Americans do. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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