Category Archives: Facebook

Big Brother is watching you…. and so are his corporate partners

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Privacy advocates are spoilt for choice these days about what to complain about – privacy invasions by business, or privacy invasions by the authorities? Over the last year or so, I’ve written regularly about both – whether it be my … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Privacy International, Profiling, Snoopers charter, surveillance | 13 Comments

If you “can’t” leave Facebook…

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

I’ve been posting a lot about Facebook recently. I gave ‘10 reasons to leave Facebook‘ a few weeks ago – but for many people that seems either to be impossible, or very, very difficult. So, what can you do if … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Search Engines | 12 Comments

Facebook Graph Search: Privacy issues….

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

I wrote yesterday about Facebook’s new ‘Graph Search’ system – in particular, about the way in which it is intended to convince people to put more and better data onto the system, and to lock them and businesses further into … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Search Engines, Sharing | 8 Comments

Facebook Graph Search: It’s about the data!

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

The first thing to ask whenever Facebook (or indeed any other business) releases a new product or service is what’s in it for them. In the case of Facebook’s new ‘Graph Search’, as in most things Facebook, the answer’s pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Search Engines | 12 Comments

10 reasons to leave Facebook…

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

If you’re looking for a New Year’s Resolution – have you considered leaving Facebook? There are many reasons to do so, and getting more compelling all the time – all it takes is a little resolution. 1) Privacy Everyone should … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Nymwars, Privacy, Profiling | 59 Comments

A thousand words?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

One of the big stories on the net over the last couple of days has surrounded Instagram, the photo-sharing site acquired by Facebook for around $1 billion earlier in 2012. Instagram, it appeared, was going to change its terms and … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Privacy | 7 Comments

They’re taking over the internet!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

There’s a big story going around at the moment: the UN’s trying to take over the internet, or some variant of that. It’s all based on the current ITU proposals at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) currently taking place … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Freedom of expression, google, government, Internet, Piracy, Privacy, Snoopers charter | 10 Comments

Will the government ‘get’ digital policy?

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

I had an interesting time at the ‘Seventh Annual Parliament and Internet Conference’ yesterday – and came away slightly less depressed than I expected to be. It seemed to me that there were chinks of light emerging amidst the usually … Continue reading →

Posted in broadband, Copyright, Cyberlaw, Defamation, Digital Economy Act, Facebook, Identity, Parenting, Piracy, Privacy, surveillance | 7 Comments

Snitchgate developments

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Since I wrote my Snitchgate Blog, things seem to have been moving forward. First of all, I’d like to thank all the people who have read the blog, liked it, reblogged it and commented on it – the fact that … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Nymwars, Privacy, surveillance | 2 Comments

Facebook: snitchgate!

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

A story about Facebook went around twitter last night that provoked quite a reaction in privacy advocates like me: Facebook, it seems, is experimenting with getting people to ‘snitch’ on any of their friends who don’t use their real names. … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Nymwars, Privacy | 240 Comments