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In case you hadn’t noticed, Merriam-Webster’s Twitter game is strong—topical, funny, smart, and informative while also being relentlessly irreverent. Not what you’d necessarily ex…
The FBI has a new view into what’s happening on Twitter. Last week, the bureau hired Dataminr, a Twitter-linked analytics firm, to provide an "advanced alerting tool" to over 200 users. Twitter...
One way of working out if the data you’re gathering is particularly sensitive is to do a thought experiment: what would happen if this data got into the hands of a malicious actor? Who would be keen to get their hands on it? What are the worst things that they could do with this data? Sometimes,
A conversation happened on twitter today that began with the question: I actually have the same questions when it comes to using blogs in research. The current tri-council rules (the ethics guideli…
A conference in London this week brings together military and intelligence officials hoping to use social media as a tool in the armed forces.
Insurer withdraws initiative with hours to go as privacy campaigners criticise ‘intrusive’ attempt to analyse users’ data
Abstract: Online harassment is a significant problem, and an important movement has emerged in response. However, this activism usually refers back to free speech discourse. I argue that an intersectional approach requires us to explore a more radical rethinking of the political traditions we draw on when responding to online harassment. Online harassment is a … Continue reading Thinking Beyond ‘Free Speech’ in Responding to Online Harassment →
Vine’s diverse user base stoked weird, strange, and brilliant communities online. Twitter missed it.
Unless you turn the feature off, Facebook is reading your phone's contacts.
I mentioned recently, buried in a post about UI changes, that Twitter’s latest earnings report
I carry my followers with me everywhere, and I don’t mean on my phone
Dozens of Police-Spying Tools Remain After Facebook, Twitter Crack Down on Geofeedia | The Daily Dot
Geofeedia is out, but there are plenty of other surveillance platforms to choose from.
The funding was acquired through civil asset forfeiture, records show
The ACLU of California has obtained records showing that Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram provided user data access to Geofeedia, a developer of a social media monitoring product that we have seen marketed to law enforcement as a tool to monitor activists and protesters.
The other day, I was meeting with an associate who was relaying to me his frustration with influencer marketing: "Tara, influencer marketing just doesn't work. I made a deal with the most influential person in this network and he posted his shining endorsement of my product and I got very lit
When working with political campaigns for EveryLibrary, we are often asked to identify the most important digital tactic for winning campaigns and advocating for libraries. Many of the people who ask expect us to talk about best practices using Facebook or Twitter to reach the public. They are usually surprised to hear we still believe email is the absolute most important tool for digital campaigns. This is true because email is still fundamentally the key to the Internet. Your library’s biggest goal in digital and in-person strategy should be the acquisition of email addresses.
Punches internet in the face.