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Social Networking: Majority of Parents Use Facebook to Spy
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Jul 23, 2011 6:50 AM CDT

Majority of Parents Use Facebook to Spy

Some say they're overprotective of kids; others, just nosy

(Newser) - If you’re worried that your mom may be checking out your risqué Facebook photos, odds are you’re right. More than half of parents—some 55%—use social networks to keep tabs on their children, a survey finds. Another 5% would do so if they could figure out how,...

Google+ to Let Users Keep Gender Private

Site wants the information, but it can be hidden

(Newser) - As Google works out its social-networking kinks, it has announced a new privacy setting: Google+ users will soon be able to keep their gender hidden from others. "Gender can be a sensitive topic, especially on the Internet," says a Google product manager in an online video. Starting this...

Google+ Runs Out of Space, Spams Users

Fortunately, problem was only temporary

(Newser) - After all sorts of good Google+ press , a bit of the bad kind: Users were spammed with numerous error messages this weekend after Google+ ran out of storage space. A senior VP of the service apologized on his own Google+ page, explaining, "For about 80 minutes we ran out...

Most Popular User on Google+ Is ... Zuckerberg

Facebook founder has more followers than anyone else

(Newser) - How's this for irony: Google+ is a Facebook competitor ... but its most popular user is none other than Mark Zuckerberg. Zuck hasn't even posted to Google+ yet, the Atlantic notes, but according to tracking service Social Statistics , he has amassed the most followers; in second is Larry Page....

Google Launches Social Network

But Facebook shouldn't worry too much: Danny Sullivan

(Newser) - Google's highly anticipated social networking project is here—and it's interesting, but "far from a Facebook-killer," writes Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land . (For starters, it's named Google+, which, as Sullivan points out, is awful: "Google+? Google+! I can’t even question or exclaim...

Facebook Users Have More Real Friends

...and other surprising social network stats

(Newser) - Facebook friends aren’t real buddies, right? Wrong, according to a new study. People who use the social network multiple times a day have an average of “9% more close, core ties in their overall social network compared with other internet users,” the Pew study says. And yes,...

Iceland Lets Facebook Fans Help Write New Constitution

Highly-wired country crowdsources new document

(Newser) - The council drafting Iceland’s new constitution is out to bring new meaning to the term “by the people.” They’re essentially crowdsourcing the document, the Guardian reports, using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to solicit ideas and get feedback from citizens. “I believe this...

You Can't Say 'Facebook' or 'Twitter' on French TV

France regulator says it amounts to free advertising

(Newser) - Weird rule of the week: It is now against the law in France for broadcasters on TV or radio to mention "Facebook" or "Twitter" on the air, notes the This I Know blog . To be precise, they can mention them if they're doing news stories, and Facebook...

Eric Schmidt: Google Really 'Screwed Up' on Social Media

At All Things Digital conference, he talks about missing out on social media

(Newser) - Eric Schmidt didn’t mince words at the D9: All Things Digital conference yesterday, admitting that Google “screwed up” at times during its early social media efforts. Missing out on “the friend thing” and true social functionality was one of his biggest failures, Schmidt admitted during his keynote...

LinkedIn Shares Skyrocket in IPO

Market hungry for social networking companies

(Newser) - LinkedIn had its IPO today, and there was an investor feeding frenzy before the bell had even rung. The shares wound up opening at $83, an 84% premium on their $45 offering price, the Wall Street Journal reports. They're currently trading at around $105—having peaked this morning at...

Facebook Behind Smear Campaign Against Google

It stems from Google's foray into social networking, writes Dan Lyons

(Newser) - One of the world's biggest PR firms pitched anti-Google stories to newspapers and bloggers in what appeared to be an attempt to smear the search giant. Who could have hired them: Apple? Microsoft? Turns out it was Facebook, as a spokesman for the company confirmed last night. The bizarre...

News Corp Trying to Sell Off MySpace

Bids over $100M expected

(Newser) - Remember when News Corp shelled out more than a half-billion dollars to buy MySpace? Well, now it’s trying to dump the once-popular social networking site, and it’s starting the bidding at more than $100 million, a source tells Reuters . The company expects to have five or more bids...

At Fed Workers' 'Facebook,' Very Human Bureaucrats

Govloop.com featured humor, analysis about the shutdown

(Newser) - In the days leading up to the government's near-shutdown, federal workers hunkered down at Govloop , the so-called Facebook of government workers, to share tips on dealing with the crisis. There was practical advice —"Water the plants. You may be gone for a while"; comical —"How about...

Facebook Dumps 20K Underage Users Daily

US, Australian lawmakers voice privacy concerns

(Newser) - Facebook kicks 20,000 users under the age of 13 off the site daily, its privacy chief told Australian officials. “There are people who lie,” he said, adding that the site’s methods of catching them aren’t “perfect,” reports Australia’s Daily Telegraph . Almost half...

EU Demands Better Privacy for Facebook Users

New rules will call for improvements on social networking sites

(Newser) - The EU is demanding enhanced privacy on Facebook and other social networking sites, calling for a “right to be forgotten." The justice commissioner will unveil rules before summer demanding, among other things, that strict privacy settings be the default for users. Sites like Facebook “can't think they're...

Is Google Launching Own Social Networking Site?

Blogs report conflicting information on 'Google Circles'

(Newser) - Google will soon launch a social network, blogs are saying, and it may be called Google Circles. The tech blog The Next Web first reported the news Friday, noting that the product would launch at Google’s I/O conference in May; ReadWriteWeb followed with an assertion that the new service...

Facebook Cited in 1 in 5 Divorces

Lawyers see rise in social networks as evidence

(Newser) - Couples cite Facebook in one out of five US divorces, say Loyola University researchers —and 81% of divorce lawyers report a rise in cases using social networks as evidence, ZDNet reports. For cases that do make use of online evidence, Facebook is by far the biggest source, according to...

LinkedIn Files to Go Public
 LinkedIn Files to Go Public 
Jan 28, 2011 4:39 AM CST

LinkedIn Files to Go Public

IPO seen as gauge of market interest in social networks

(Newser) - After weeks of speculation , LinkedIn has confirmed what many suspected—it will go public later this year. The career-focused social networking site filed a registration statement with the SEC yesterday, setting the stage for the company to become the biggest social network yet to land on Wall Street, reports Mashable...

Woman's Facebook Suicide Threat Fell on Deaf Ears

Simone Back kills self, and none of her 1,000 friends took action

(Newser) - A British woman updated her Facebook status on Christmas Day to read, "Took all my pills be dead soon bye bye everyone." It set off a debate among some of her 1,000-plus Facebook friends about whether she was serious, but nobody took the step of actually finding...

MySpace to Ax Up to Half Its Workers

Downsizing could be announced this month, sources say

(Newser) - Another blow for struggling MySpace : The social networking site is planning massive layoffs, and could ax between a third and a half of its employees, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The News Corp-owned company, which employs about 1,100, is expected to announce the reductions this month. Its staff...

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