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January 31, 2010

British Prisoners and Social Networking Sites

A British gangster is using internet social networking site Facebook to threaten people who he says he will target after his release.

According to a spokesman for Britain’s Ministry of Justice said that prisoners only had access to the internet “for educational purposes” and were banned from using social networking sites.

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October 30, 2009

Privacy Policy Social Networking Sites

Social networking site Facebook outlined changes to its privacy policy recently and is now asking for feedback from its strong user base on the changes.

The company wrote in an official blog post that members will have until November 5 to send in their comments about the proposed changes.

According to a Canadian report Facebook was violating the privacy of  users without permission by allowing their data to be included in third-party applications used on the site.

According to latest info, Facebook will now save profile information such as friend lists and photos from a deactivated account in case a member decides to reactivate it later but the material will not be viewable by other users.

Facebook has also said that personal data is not provided to advertisers.

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October 15, 2009

Social Networking Sites and Emotionally Distressed

Monitoring posts on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace could help to prevent suicide, according to a research.

When young people are emotionally distressed for instance, instead of the traditional channel of consulting friends, parents or specialists, social networking blogs may provide a channel to share and release their emotions and intentions.

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