Tag: social media
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UK Internet Trolls Could Face 2 Years In Jail
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After several celebrities have been targeted by angry online commenters following their controversial comments on serious subjects such as sexual assaults, such as Chloe Madeley, the daughter of former TV hosts Richard and Judy, the government and lawmakers are considering increasing the sentence for posting ultra-venomous online comments, The Daily Mail is reporting. Of course,…
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Pope Benedict XVI officially joins Twitter as @Pontifex
As promised, his holiness has officially joined Twitter…
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Happy 6th Birthday Twitter – Micro-Blogging Site Turns Six Today but Still Has a Way to Go
Would you believe it, Twitter is exactly six years old today. That’s right, the social micro-blogging site may feel like a relatively new find for many, but its co-founders actually launched it on March 21st, 2006. Back then things were very different, for starters the website was originally called ‘Twttr’ – back when vowels simply…
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UK government recruiting spies through social media
Code-cracking game from GCHQ gives you the chance to apply for a job
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BlackBerry launches BBM Music subscription service
Research In Motion or RIM as they like to go by, has just announced its latest feature to its Blackberry handset range in the form of the new Blackberry messenger enabled Music service. Dubbed BBM Music the service is a chargeable subscription based feature that will allow users for just $5 a month to keep…
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Teenager charged with using BlackBerry Messenger to incite riot
According the the Telepgraph, it would appear that a teenager is among the first to be charged with using BlackBerry’s BBM service to encourage others to riot. The 18-year-old girl from Essex has been accused of “Intentionally encouraging or assisting in the commision of an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007”. It is alleged…
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Cameron Lobbies for Social Media Clampdown as Rioting Continues
It’s been a hell of a week. The streets of some of our most populated major cities are strewn with glass shards, discarded barricades. Windows smashed, stores looted; the world’s drizzle of protest and unrest has come to a head in this country, and the government were nowhere to be found. However, on the return…