Turns Out Those Six Thousand People Who Are Your 'Friends' On MySpace Aren't...
This seems unlikely to come as a surprise to most people, but despite the number of tools and applications such as social networks for getting people to network with each other, the number of close...
View ArticleJudge Says Being A Facebook Friend Isn't Like Real Friendship
Turns out that your Facebook friends aren't necessarily real friends... under the law (at least in the UK). A UK judge has ruled that requesting to be a Facebook friend isn't the same as trying to...
View ArticleWould You Believe People Trust Their Real Friends Over Bloggers?
In what may be one of the most pointless studies done in quite some time, a research firm has discovered to its own amazement that people tend to trust their own friends more than well known bloggers....
View ArticleDear Social Networks: I'll Decide Who My Friends Are
There's already been a court ruling noting that being a Facebook friend is not like being a "real" friend, but the vast "cheapening" of the concept of friendship is ticking some people off. In noting...
View ArticleThe Impact Of Having Friends Never Fade Away
For many years, we've wondered about how new technologies may start to change the nature of friendship. In the past, friends would come and go over time, as friendships grew and receded during...
View ArticleTeens Want To Interact With Their Friends, Not Strangers, Online
It's become quite clear that the threat to children from sexual predators on the internet has been massively overhyped by the media looking for a juicy story and for politicians looking to take...
View ArticleTeachers In Missouri Sue For The Right To 'Friend' Their Students On Facebook
We recently wrote about a very questionable new state law in Missouri that made it illegal for teachers to friend "current or former students" on various social networks. This broad prohibition was...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Facebook Suggests You Become Friends With Your Husband's...
Personally, I've found that Facebook's "recommendations" of people I might know is kind of a mixed bag. Sometimes it reminds me of people I probably should be connected to, but other times it's pretty...
View ArticleYes, Friends Can Share Your Facebook Profile With The Police
Jeff Roberts has the details of a ruling in which a judge said that if one of your friends shares your Facebook profile with the police, they haven't violated your 4th Amendment rights. This actually...
View ArticleJudge Disqualified From Case Because He's 'Facebook Friends' With The Prosecutor
A few years back, we noted an ethics opinion in Florida that stated that judges cannot be Facebook friends with lawyers who may appear before them in court. As we noted at the time, this seemed to go...
View ArticleTurns Out Those Six Thousand People Who Are Your 'Friends' On MySpace Aren't...
This seems unlikely to come as a surprise to most people, but despite the number of tools and applications such as social networks for getting people to network with each other, the number of close...
View ArticleJudge Says Being A Facebook Friend Isn't Like Real Friendship
Turns out that your Facebook friends aren't necessarily real friends... under the law (at least in the UK). A UK judge has ruled that requesting to be a Facebook friend isn't the same as trying to...
View ArticleWould You Believe People Trust Their Real Friends Over Bloggers?
In what may be one of the most pointless studies done in quite some time, a research firm has discovered to its own amazement that people tend to trust their own friends more than well known bloggers....
View ArticleDear Social Networks: I'll Decide Who My Friends Are
There's already been a court ruling noting that being a Facebook friend is not like being a "real" friend, but the vast "cheapening" of the concept of friendship is ticking some people off. In noting...
View ArticleThe Impact Of Having Friends Never Fade Away
For many years, we've wondered about how new technologies may start to change the nature of friendship. In the past, friends would come and go over time, as friendships grew and receded during...
View ArticleTeens Want To Interact With Their Friends, Not Strangers, Online
It's become quite clear that the threat to children from sexual predators on the internet has been massively overhyped by the media looking for a juicy story and for politicians looking to take...
View ArticleTeachers In Missouri Sue For The Right To 'Friend' Their Students On Facebook
We recently wrote about a very questionable new state law in Missouri that made it illegal for teachers to friend "current or former students" on various social networks. This broad prohibition was...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Facebook Suggests You Become Friends With Your Husband's...
Personally, I've found that Facebook's "recommendations" of people I might know is kind of a mixed bag. Sometimes it reminds me of people I probably should be connected to, but other times it's pretty...
View ArticleYes, Friends Can Share Your Facebook Profile With The Police
Jeff Roberts has the details of a ruling in which a judge said that if one of your friends shares your Facebook profile with the police, they haven't violated your 4th Amendment rights. This actually...
View ArticleJudge Disqualified From Case Because He's 'Facebook Friends' With The Prosecutor
A few years back, we noted an ethics opinion in Florida that stated that judges cannot be Facebook friends with lawyers who may appear before them in court. As we noted at the time, this seemed to go...
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