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Lobbying For Privacy 2.0

Staff / Truthdig Jun 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 )

‘Creepy’ Karl Rove on Meghan McCain’s Twitter Trail

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2009 You know a social networking trend has gone too far when: (1) Karl Rove has caught on, and (2) Karl Rove attempts to "friend" you -- or, in Meghan McCain's unenviable case, follow you on Twitter. Ew. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Not With a Bang but a Twitter

Staff / Truthdig Apr 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 )

MySpace Spammers Fined $230 Million

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2008 A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday ordered two Internet spammers to pay a record-breaking $230 million in fines after they sent more than 700,000 unsolicited advertisements to MySpace users. The amount is almost half what Rupert Murdoch spent to buy the social networking site in 2005. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Step Away From the Blackberry

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2008 There's a new kind of addiction out there, to which many of us are currently vulnerable, and from which some of us may be suffering right this moment: According to one Dr. Jerald Block, writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, excessive e-mailing and text messaging could be a form of mental illness. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )