G20 police were outwitted by protesters using mobile phones to access social networking sites such as Facebook, a report has found.

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

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...

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

As Sam Leith asks, why? “The main problem with our security services monitoring social networking sites is that it will be a colossal waste of time. Facebook is the Reuters of inanity: a news agency for stuff nobody wants to know. “Dave is playing on Facebook. Dave is a bit annoyed. Dave is going for a

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...

Two separate studies on mobile phones have recently been published. A Swedish researcher, Bengt Arnetz, professor of social medicine and stress research at Uppsala University, conducted a study on the effects of chatting on mobile phones on sleep deprivation.It was determined that mobile phone radiation appeared to cause insomnia, headaches, and concentration difficulties.Another study, which was ...

Many teenagers are addicted to social networking. Harmless fun? Not a major issue when put in perspective? There are worse things in the world right now? To find out why there really aren’t, read on. As an Archbishop condemns the craze, we take a turd-tinted microscope to the dangers of the social networking underground network. 'It had become like an obsession - logging on to her pages on the s...

In the wake of the Chancellor's Budget, Directgov has launched Moneyspeak, a new, free simple tool which can be shared via social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

Twitter is a free social networking and microblogging service utilising instant messaging, SMS or a web interface. This section was launched by a volunteer network of software developers, designers, and the techPresident blog. It was created to enable members of the American electorate to record their experience of voting during the 2008 American presidential elections using their mobile phones. T...