A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
Or – there is no such thing as a free lunch.
We are all hooked into social networking/media in some way or another (or I doubt you’d be reading this!). We know the advantages it brings us, lots of positives or we wouldn’t bother would we?
What happens when it all [...]

It is a good time to think about Facebook specific security strategies in light of the recent pornography spam attack.

Removing abusive content from Facebook
NetSafe has had numerous calls from schools recently regarding Facebook pages with abusive content which are linked to schools and contain anonymous posts as well as identifiable student posts.
These pages violate a number of FB terms
3. Safety
6. You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user.
7. You will [...]

Famous faces are always in the news for having embarrassing images shared or stolen. Here are our top tips for dealing with the issues around sexting

We’ve been hearing about a product called ‘Social Outbreak’ being promoted in Christchurch as the answer for a new army of social media gurus. Is it safe?

Let’s get this confession out right at the start: I’m a journalist. And here’s my cathartic reaction to the closure of a major British tabloid newspaper and the need to build a new generation of well equipped digital citizens

A quiet lunchtime read turns into a warning about the rapid pace of widespread technological change. Luddites beware!

A few days ago, I was on the verge of quitting Facebook. This was not about privacy. Facebook was in the throws of more bad press related to privacy, but it wasn’t that. The problem is, it’s all a bit – well, not what I want.
Maybe its my fault.  I’m hardly ever there. If my Facebook [...]

A recent US study has found that 45% of employers research social networking sites for information on prospective employees. Of them, 35% have rejected applicants based on content on a person’s sn page. For those who are concerned about the amount of information available an interesting article to read (and one which gives detailed information [...]