Social networks
26.05.2012 20:52
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Target on your cyber back: DHS has a list of words deemed ‘suspicious’The Department of Homeland Security has flagged hundreds of words as "suspect" – and while many make sense, like "Al Qaeda," some are just plain odd. For example, the DHS may dig through your cyber life if you write something about snow. Or pork. |
25.05.2012 22:04
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Army propagandist admits to smear campaign against journalistsThe co-owner of an information operations firm hired by the US government to flood foreign nations with pro-American propaganda has admitted to orchestrating a smear campaign aimed at journalists critical of the company. |
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22.05.2012 15:44
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Protests kaput? Russia’s enthusiasm for rallies dwindling - pollIn a survey canvassing 46 regions across the country, a major polling agency has found evidence indicating that Russia’s protest wave may be in retreat. Election 2012 |
20.05.2012 18:26
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Pakistan bans Twitter for blasphemous tweets against prophetPakistan blocked Twitter for much of Sunday over what it terms “blasphemous” material related to an ongoing competition to post caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Access to the site has since been restored. |
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19.05.2012 00:59
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Facebook IPO fail: Going the way of 'The Globe'?It was the largest first-day gain of any IPO in the history of the US, let alone just Internet companies. And no, this isn’t another tale of Mark Zuckerberg’s rise from a lowly programmer to a Silicon Valley billionaire. |
18.05.2012 17:19
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'It’s complicated’: Facebook status sees Indian couple in divorce courtAn Indian marriage has apparently crumbled, with the new bride citing that her husband had neglected to list “married” as his relationship status on Facebook. |
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GM 'unlikes' Facebook ahead of IPOGeneral Motors Co plans to stop advertising on Facebook just a few days before the social network’s huge IPO, as it decided Facebook's ads are not efficient. |
14.05.2012 14:30
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Arab Spring govt stance ‘unleashed Twitter, Facebook wars’Banning mainstream media from reporting on the Arab Spring threw the governments of affected states into a battle with social media hijacked by an uncontrollable opposition propaganda genie, media monitor Sharif Nashashibi told RT. Arab world protests |
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12.05.2012 14:48
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Facebook – to invest, or not to invest?As Facebook’s $11.8 billion IPO approaches with too many investors eyeing up more shares than are available, experts are concerned that the internet’s largest offering to date could create another bubble, soon to burst. |
09.05.2012 07:24
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Twitter hacked? Thousands of passwords posted on file sharing siteThe passwords for up to 35,000 Twitter accounts were posted on the online file sharing website Pastebin.com. Twitter said it would be trying to figure out how the user names and passwords ended up posted on the portal. |
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05.05.2012 15:51
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Facebook ‘friends’ aim to net up to $2.7 bln in IPOFacebook major investors Accel Partners, Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky plan to sell as much as $2.68 billion in shares of the world’s largest social network in order to get their slice in its ambitious IPO. |
03.05.2012 18:14
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Israeli military to keep tabs on Facebook, TwitterIsrael is the latest country to turn your Facebook posts and Twitter feed into a matter of state security by launching a new military-run internet information monitoring system. |
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02.05.2012 11:24
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Twittelligence: Killing the notion of secrecyAfghanistan’s Twitter users were chattering about Barack Obama’s unannounced visit several hours before his plane touched down. Apparently, the notion of secrecy is thinning down along with privacy with the advancement of technology. |
Soda to sparkle with music starsPepsi fans will have an opportunity to watch music gigs live, from where they are, on Twitter. A deal has been recently clinched between the social networking site and the second largest soda company. |
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29.04.2012 16:47
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Bill bans bosses from wresting your Facebook passwordA bill that would forbid employers from demanding their potential workers’ social networking login and password has been submitted to the US Congress. The spread of the dubious practice alarmed the public last month. |
27.04.2012 23:32
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Ex-terrorist network? ‘Facebook’ for former extremistsFrom Islamic Jihadists to neo-Nazis, over a thousand former extremists and their victims are connecting online to tackle terrorism via the Google-supported social network Against Violent Extremism (AVE). |
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25.04.2012 16:11
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US ‘world leader’ in color revolution engineeringThe US is the foremost power when it comes to creating and applying “color revolutions”: America invented the know-how and has the best experts in this area, political scientist Mateusz Piskorski told RT. |
24.04.2012 20:08
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Ex-spy chief sees need for bugging Facebook and TwitterSnooping powers of the UK Government should be widened to cover social media sites. The former head of the UK's intelligence gathering centre GCHQ, Sir David Ormand has put forward the suggestion. |
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24.04.2012 00:50
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Hypocrisy, USA: Obama will sanction countries that block Internet for protestersUnited States President Barack Obama announced plans on Monday to impose sanctions on foreign governments that use modern technology to tackle anti-government protesters. Arab world protests |
19.04.2012 21:58
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Greenwald: Assange show - Kremlin propaganda? Look who’s talking!Assange’s The World Tomorrow has created a storm in the media that has taken no time at all to accuse the Kremlin of pulling strings. But in their anti-propaganda crusade some media are blind to their own practices, notes journalist Glen Greenwald. |



















