We Are Social People

If you’re in the UK, when, where and who you tweeted, facebooked, messaged, rang, checked in, photographed, skyped, may soon be stored and analysed in real-time by a body that most people don’t trust – The Government. A new law being proposed, the details of which are said to be released in the Queen’s Speech [...]

A couple of friends have been denied entrance into the US after a tweet they posted. The tweet in question read: Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America.” But is over zealous security and gripping fear actually misinterpreting and getting in the way of the normal progression of modern language? Natural Progression And [...]

The fact that Facebook is asking and finding ways to harvest more and more users personal data is no secret. The Facebook Timeline is a prime example of such. Asking users to fill in memorable or key events of their lives. But is it all too much? Do social networks really need to know this much personal [...]

Facebook has teamed up with online security firm, Websense, in an effort to stop its users from visiting corrupt or harmful websites by clicking on links inside of Facebook itself. This is in response to a proportion of users unwittingly clicking on hacking and/or spam links which they believe have been posted by their online friends. [...]

Facebook has come into yet more scrutiny this week because it was declared that Facebook was tracking users after they signed out of Facebook. It was spotted by an Australian blogger who had been researching cookies with the website and noticed that it was possible for Facebook to track the online movements of users but only if [...]

Facebook is taking over the world. Fact. Half the worlds population have an account. Even dead people are still signed in as users! It has become a key source in many peoples day to day lives. Millions of peoples emails, dates of birth and other information are stored in the Facebook database. Quite natural then, that [...]