Australia’s Advertising Standards Bureau has declared that page administrators are responsible for the contents of all page comments. Have you seen Internet comment boards? That’s a dangerous thing to be responsible for. The ASB received complaints about comments on Smirnoff Australia’s Facebook page that were vulgar, obscene, promoted excessive drinking (On a Smirnoff page? Get…

In a ruling last spring, U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson ruled in a case that Facebook “Likes” were not protected by the First Amendment. The case involved six employees of the Sheriff’s office in Hampton, Virginia, who were fired for liking the Facebook page of the Sheriff’s electoral opponent. Facebook, normally derided for invading its…

If you love Facebook-stalking through old photo albums on the site, you might be in for a surprise in a few weeks. McAfee and Intel are releasing a new Facebook application that will add additional privacy layers for Facebook photos. The app, McAfee Social Protection, will be available as a browser plug-in for Internet Explorer,…

Europeans are a few years ahead of us Americans when it comes to concerns over online privacy. While there have been some rumbles from American watchdog groups about Facebook and its opaque privacy policies, it hasn’t exactly been a national discussion. Not true in Norway, where the Norwegian Data Protection Agency began a probe last…

If you’ve got only a few minutes, you can drastically improve your Internet privacy with these 11 tips.  Why do just 10 when you can go to 11? 1.  Be careful on social networks.    Almost everything you say and do on social networks is public by default.  Post with caution or a pseudonym. Facebook…

Here is another reason why you should limit what personal data can be accessed by Facebook applications your friends use. A Democratic activist group called NGP VAN has developed a Facebook tool that can be used to match up your privately shared data with your voting record and allow Democratic campaigners to target you for…

Facebook filed new documents with the SEC this week that detail some interesting statistics about its user base. Many people might be surprised to discover that 8.7 percent of all Facebook accounts are fake, duplicates or used for malicious purposes. This breaks down to 83 million accounts based on the stated user based of 955…

A startup company made some very serious accusations against Facebook, that if proven true, could have a wide ranging impact on how advertisers, and even ordinary users, conduct business with the leading social networking site. Limited Run is claiming that 80 percent of ad clicks received on the Facebook platform are from bots and not…

 A press release was issued yesterday announcing the launch of The Internet Association – a trade group consisting of Facebook, Google, Amazon, EBay and other companies yet to be announced. Michael Beckerman, a senior Capitol Hill adviser, will serve as president and CEO of the organization. Beckerman issued the following statement: “I am honored to lead…

Facebook came under intense scrutiny for its facial recognition technology during a Senate hearing held on July 18. Leading the assault on Facebook was Minnesota Senator Al Franken. Franken is particularly concerned that Facebook has this feature enabled by default rather than leaving it to its users to decide whether they want to use it…