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Jan
23

Cracking Teenagers’ Online Codes

Mike Tully on January 23rd, 2012

WITH her coordinated zebra-striped scarf, tights and arm warmers (arm warmers?), spiky out-to-there hat and pierced tongue, 34-year-old Danah Boyd provides an electric Gen Y contrast to the staid gray lobby of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, Mass., which she enters in a flurry of animated conversation, Elmo-decorated iPhone in hand. In a juxtaposition that causes [...]

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Jan
22

Facebook: Friends’ Happy Pictures Make You Sad?

Mike Tully on January 22nd, 2012

There are plenty of reasons to feel down in today’s fast-paced, hectic world, and you wouldn’t think that the world’s most popular social networking site would be one of them. But that’s exactly what a new study by Utah Valley University has found. According to the study,  Facebook is making us sad. Why? It’s all [...]

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Dec
15

Facebook Rolling Out New Profile: How To Turn It On Now

Mike Tully on December 15th, 2011

Facebook is finally rolling out the new profile that it announced in September. All users will get it sometime soon, but anyone can get it now (scroll down for link). In a blog post about the new timeline, Facebook engineer Paul McDonald called it “an easy way to rediscover the things you shared, and collect [...]

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Dec
13

What is the story with IsAnyoneUp.com?

Mike Tully on December 13th, 2011

(From cyberbullying us.  – Mike) One of the Internet’s latest privacy controversies surrounds the rapidly-growing web site Isanyoneup.com.  The site, which launched in late 2010, is essentially a hybrid of social media and amateur pornography – described by some media outlets as a blog for “Revenge Porn.” The blog features thousands of posts containing extremely [...]

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Dec
13

Facebook aims to help prevent suicide

Mike Tully on December 13th, 2011

Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help. A program launching December 13th enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor through Facebook’s “chat” messaging system. MORE  >>>

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Dec
11

Five tips for digital communication in the new year

Mike Tully on December 11th, 2011

This story also illustrates why it is also important to have a diverse employee group, including different generations. Our publics and target audiences today are more fragmented than ever before. One size doesn’t fit all and likely will fail as a communications strategy. We need a robust mix of personal, digital, and experiential communications, backed [...]

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Dec
1

What the Facebook/FTC settlement means for users

Mike Tully on December 1st, 2011

by Larry Magid The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook have reached a settlement on charges that Facebook deceived consumers “by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public.” MORE  >>>

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Nov
30

Facebook’s agreement with the FTC: What it means for users

Mike Tully on November 30th, 2011

(Thanks to Anne Collier at NetFamilyNews. – Mike) “Facebook will soon be on privacy probation, thanks to a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission,” PC World reports. It’s referring to a “consent agreement” about the FTC’s “reason to believe” that Facebook has committed “fraudulent, deceptive, [or] unfair business practices,” as the FTC put it [...]

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Nov
29

The Freedom to Tweet: Not Applicable in Thailand or Kansas

Mike Tully on November 29th, 2011

As regular visitors to Cringeville know, I’m a big fan of freedom of speech. The First Amendment is far and away my favorite (though I’m also partial to the 4th, 13th, 15th, and 21st). So I’m especially glad I don’t live in Thailand or Kansas, where what you say or do on cellphones and social [...]

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Nov
11

Sua Sponte: NSBA files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to provide guidance on off-campus online speech

Mike Tully on November 11th, 2011

(NOTE:  This probably falls under the “no harm in asking” rule.  While Supreme Court guidance is definitely needed, I expect that SCOTUS will decline jurisdiction, especially after their embarrassing Morse v Frederick “bong hits for Jesus” opinion.  – Mike) The National School Boards Association, along with other education groups, has asked the Supreme Court of [...]

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