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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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How Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life

How Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Google has a zero-tolerance policy for child abuse content. The scanning process can sometimes go awry and tar innocent individuals as abusers.

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Zuckerberg Has Always Believed That We're Only Entitled To One Identity

Zuckerberg Has Always Believed That We're Only Entitled To One Identity | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Whether you accept that Facebook's "real name" policy is vital to them doing business or not, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it clear years ago that he has no patience or sympathy for people who have more than one identity. He said in an interview that was published in the 2010 book The Facebook Effect, "You have one identity... Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity."

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Has Privacy Become a Luxury Good?

Has Privacy Become a Luxury Good? | Communications Major | Scoop.it

It takes a lot of money and time to avoid hackers and data miners.

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A Novel Prompts a Conversation About How We Use Technology

A Novel Prompts a Conversation About How We Use Technology | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Book critics are divided over the quality of Dave Eggers’s highly anticipated novel “The Circle,” which has started a debate on whether technology is invading our lives.

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Facebook "Couples Pages" Make Me Want to Retch

Facebook "Couples Pages" Make Me Want to Retch | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Facebook has created couples profile pages on behalf of all those listed as "in relationships" on the site. It’s cringeworthy and far too interventionist, writes Emma Barnett. Caveat: It can only create this page for you and your beloved if you list each other as who you are "in a relationship" with or "married" to. If you've simply identified yourself as "in a relationship", "married", or the oddly curious "it's complicated"  -- you're safe (for now). 

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37% of Adults Approve of Snooping Through Texts

37% of Adults Approve of Snooping Through Texts | Communications Major | Scoop.it

More that a third of Americans who took part in a survey conducted by an online dating site said suspicious behavior warrants electronic snooping.

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Drag Performers Fight Facebook’s ‘Real Name’ Policy

Drag Performers Fight Facebook’s ‘Real Name’ Policy | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Activists argue that a Facebook policy excludes those who prefer to choose their names and exposes them to cyberbullying.

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Infographic: How To Disappear Online (for Real)

Infographic: How To Disappear Online (for Real) | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Web company WhoIsHostingThis.com has created a detailed, step-by-step infographic that teaches you how you can completely disappear and wipe away all your online traces. 

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The Internet's 25 Worst Passwords, and What They Say About You

The Internet's 25 Worst Passwords, and What They Say About You | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The good news is that “password” is no longer the most-popular password on the Internet, according to the latest report from SplashData. The bad news is that there are 24 others that make a hacker's job easy. 

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Americans Go to Great Lengths to Mask Web Travels, Survey Finds

Americans Go to Great Lengths to Mask Web Travels, Survey Finds | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Ordinary Americans seem to be going to great lengths to keep some of their online behavior to themselves, challenging the “if you’ve got nothing to hide” meme.

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Facebook: That Was Then, This Is Now

Facebook: That Was Then, This Is Now | Communications Major | Scoop.it

This week as reported by TechCrunch, Facebook users have been hearing rumors that private messages - written in 2009 and earlier - were showing up on public timelines. Facebook investigated the claims and found them to be false and technically impossible to be true.


But users are scrolling down their timelines and revisiting old posts on their timelines...and getting nervous. Why? Out of context, these public messages seem private.

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