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Everyone uses social media these days, whether it be for work or personal matters. Online quizzes have become very popular, especially in harsh times like these where we have nothing else to do! Well be careful because The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau issued that warning that, while many of them are fun and harmless, othersContinue reading “BBB: Scammers using social media quizzes to steal personal information”

Coronavirus has turned the nation’s roiling health privacy debate on its head. Concerns about what Google and Facebook might be doing with patients’ sensitive health information have receded, and instead, Americans are being asked to allow surveillance of their daily movements and contacts, and even their temperature and other physiological changes. The federal agency inContinue reading “Privacy during COVID-19”

Due to the virus, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube all announced that thousands of content moderators are being sent home, leaving our information in the hands of machines. Since now machines are handing our posts, many posts are being removed because they go against community standards, people have complained of not being able to share newsContinue reading “Coronavirus Disrupts Social Media’s First Line of Defense”

The office of the Australian Information Commissioner informed Facebook had infringed he privacy of more than 300,00 Australians. They left data exposed to be sold and used for political profiling. It harvested facebook data of 87 million people being used for advertising during elections. 87 million. That is crazy. Facebook has been in the newsContinue reading “Australia’s privacy regulator is taking Facebook to court over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.”

Sometimes some people might think that they can delete a social media account and that’s it. All their information is gone and their privacy is secured. But according to a new study, that might not be the case. Just because you delete your social media doesn’t mean your privacy isn’t at risk anymore. This researchContinue reading “New Research Study Shows That Social Media Privacy Might Not Be Possible”

t’s no secret that social media usage has been increasing quite fast in the past few years. It has transformed the way people communicate and he views the rest of the world and ourselves. Personally, over the years, I have come to the conclusion that social media does more harm than good if you letContinue reading “Social media’s impact on young people”

This bill will allow the government to demand social media platforms to reveal user identities without a warrant. This has been proposed by India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology who is expected to publish it later this month. The controversial bill was proposed by the government in December of 2018 and has since receivedContinue reading “India’s new privacy bill”

Kim Komando, America’s Digital Goddess®, is one of America’s most successful radio hosts and web entrepreneurs. In this article, she writes a Q&A giving privacy tips for social media users. Social media has taken over the past years. Facebook, youtube and instagram are the most popular platforms and with that comes many privacy issues. ThroughoutContinue reading “Privacy Tips for Social Media Users”

http://washingtonian.com/2020/01/31/the-washington-post-needs-a-new-social-media-policy-or-maybe-some-better-guidelines/ Continuing on the topic of social media guidelines we learned this week, here’s this article. So, at first I thought: “why would a company need guidelines, it’s pretty common sense what to post and what not to post, especially if you work for the company.” Well, I was wrong. The Washington Post’s employee recentlyContinue reading “Social Media Guidelines”

https://www.cnet.com/news/clearview-app-lets-strangers-find-your-name-info-with-snap-of-a-photo-report-says/ A new app called “Clearview” lets stranger find your name and information with just the snap of a photo. A startup, Clearview AI has made it possible and the app is being used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the US, including the FBI, according to a report in The New York Times.Continue reading “What a quick selfie can do”