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Facebook data policies questioned by students in Irish court
Facebook’s handling of personal data is to be scrutinised in an Irish court by a student group.The group calling itself Europe v Facebook is unhappy about “half hearted solutions” following an audit by...
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Facebook to profit from your photos
Facebook has announced that it was start to seel your photos to advertisers- and that they will trouser the profits.Facebook has announced there would be a change to Instagram’s terms of service,...
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U.S. online video rankings in December 2012
The U.S. online video rankings for 2012 showed that 182 million American internet users watched 38.7 billion online content videos in December 2012, while video ad views totaled 11.3 billion.Top 10...
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New Facebook data privacy fears
Facebook’s new “Home” software for Android phones could “destroy” privacy warn industry watchers and analysts.Unveiled last week, Home is a “wrapper” for Android and puts Facebook feeds on a phone’s...
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Sally Bercow’s Lord McAlpine tweet was libel
A tweet published by Sally Bercow about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous, the High Court has ruled. Amid widespread speculation about his identity, she has Tweeted: “Why is Lord McAlpine trending....
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Facebook pays for sexism backlash from advertisers
Tens of thousands of protesters are demanding tougher action from Facebook over posts that they claim degrade women.More than 50,000 have tweeted in support of the FBrape campaign and around 5,000 have...
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US snoopers program PRISM- more information leaking out
News that the US government’s National Security Agency (NSA) has been snooping into the phone records of Verizon customers quickly escalated into reports that it also had backdoor access to the major...
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Online terms and conditions- are they so big they are unenforceable?
As many online companies’ terms and conditions are now being bigger than Shakespeare’s Hamlet- could it be that “unfair” clauses in agreements are unenforecable? The issue of companies’ online terms...
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GCHQ and NSA tracking billions of mobile phones
Almost five billion mobile phone location records are logged by GCHQ and NSA every day according to reports the Washington Post.The data is said to help the NSA track individuals, and map who they...
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Dangers of Twitter- nine fined for naming rape victim
Nine people have each been told to pay £624 to a woman raped by footballer Ched Evans after they admitted naming her on Twitter.Further to our post yesterday: New social media warning from hiring...
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