HOME Secretary Alan Johnson will hold talks with Facebook later this week about the social networking site's refusal to install a "panic button".
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Scotsman on 17th Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Lib Dem Voice now has a page on the social networking site Facebook - you can find us here - and show your support by becoming a fan. If the social networking revolution has so far passed you by, you can still join Facebook for free here. 32 on-the-ball Facebookers have already marked themselves as fans on
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 22nd Jul 2008 (via libdemvoice.org)
I can easily see this happening! Click on the image for a full-sized view of this projected version of all that will remain of social networking sites after Jacqui "Jackboots" Smith and her comrades have done their worst…The comments at Old Holborn's site are also worth a look.
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JohnMWard on 10th Apr 2009 (via wwwjohn-m-ward.blogspot.com)
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is entering the digital world of social networking site Habbo to launch WTMI Way Too Much Information a new teen-friendly campaign to raise awareness of the risks that come with putting too much personal information online.
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PublicTechnology on 3rd Apr 2009 (via publictechnology.net)
Community groups across England's capital have given their backing to a new social networking site aimed at encouraging debate around how to make the city better place. Together for London is an open forum for Londoners to share their ideas of how to make London a better place, starting with behaviour on public transport.
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PublicTechnology on 29th Oct 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
The majority of Europe's youngsters who go online are regular users of social networking sites such as Facebook, according to a recent Eurobarometer poll. The European institutions launched a campaign yesterday (9 February) to raise awareness of the threats posed by social networking websites such as Facebook for minors under 18. Meanwhile, a new report highlights new risks associated with mob...
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EurActiv on 10th Feb 2010 (via euractiv.com)
Predicting which companies and software are going to prosper and which are going to fizzle and disappear is a notoriously unreliable business, but it certainly looks at the moment as if Facebook, Myspace and Bebo are pretty well entrenched as the major social networking sites not only in the UK but also in many other
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 7th Aug 2008 (via libdemvoice.org)
Facebook and MySpace could be required to hold data about every person users correspond with The Home Office has defended proposals to require social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to retain details of their users' movements on the internet. It was reported today that social networking sites could be required to hold data about every person that users correspond with via the si...
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Guardian on 25th Mar 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
It may just be another social networking site but as the Guardian reveals, if used properly Facebook can be very useful indeed: Campaigns launched on the site have inspired thousands of people to join groups urging them to become members of tissue transplant registers. Joining the registers helps widen the pool of bone marrow and blood donors available and increases the chance of a match being fou...
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PeterBlack on 15th Dec 2008 (via peterblack.blogspot.com)
….used to stay there, until Will Carling invents “rugby’s first virtual clubhouse”, a social networking site for rugby fans and players. Rucku (geddit) uses the tools of social networking to wire up every rugby lad and lass in the land. In short, it has disaster written all over it and will therefore be a sensational triumph
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TomWatson on 28th Dec 2008 (via tom-watson.co.uk)