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If you click the Ignore button on a friend request, the request is thrown away by Facebook. The other party isn’t notified in any way.

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However, these new tools seem to ignore a fundamental disconnect between our online and offline identities. In the offline world, we don't present ourselves in the same way to all people in our lives – we show different sides of ourselves to our mothers, our friends, our employers

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Our research showed that parents vastly underestimate how much time kids spend on social networks. This makes it hard for parents to parent in the crucial areas of social interaction and development.

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Some academic studies get picked up by the popular press, but most do not. Unfortunately – and probably because it makes for more exciting headlines – the ones that are more likely to be covered seem to be those that report negative outcomes associated with our use of technology.

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TIP: Use the customized settings to exclude certain people (family members, ex-boyfriends, etc) from viewing your status updates, photos, etc.

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More than three-quarters of the participants said they knew their partners had added as "friends" people with whom they had previously had flings.

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The proliferation of parents and teachers trawling the pages of Facebook trying to poke old schoolfriends and lovers, and traversing the outer reaches of MySpace is causing an adolescent exodus from the social networking sites, according to research from the media regulator Ofcom.

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What does a friend of a friend of a friend know about you?

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Facebook shares its users' personal information with developers who create games and quizzes in a way that breaches Canadian privacy law, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found

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Two out of three of the Facebook staff members on the call have now confirmed that yes, they are aiming for users to be more public.

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But Facebook sees its redesigned control panel as an opportunity to invite users to start shrugging off their privacy.

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Recently, new data from security solutions company Webroot revealed some interesting insights into the thoughts and behaviors of users on social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, and others. According to their survey, a majority of users (78%) reported concerns about their social network profiles' privacy, but when asked about specific behaviors it was apparent that "concern" didn't translate into action. In fact, it didn't even seem to translate into a basic understanding of how to use the privacy tools already in place on the networks today.
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Seeing that a majority of social networking users expressed concerns about the information they shared in their profile, it's somewhat surprising to find that 80 percent of those same users allow their profiles - or at least, part of them - to be indexed by public search engines like Google. And 66% of users don't restrict any profile information from being publicly searchable.

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In one study, Acquisti found that that people will divulge information when they see others doing so. That tendency, he believes, may explain why so many people are willing to dish out personal information on the networks.

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I asked her if her friends also gathered on Facebook and her face took on a combination of puzzlement and horror before she exclaimed, "Facebook is for old people!" Of course, Kaitlyn still uses Facebook to communicate with her mother, aunt, cousins in Kentucky, and other family members.

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Security experts call the creation of a network of impostors a Sybil attack. "People use impostors to create the image that a certain idea is more accepted or under more fire than it really is," says John Wilbanks, vice-president of science at the non-profit corporation Creative Commons, which provides free intellectual-property licences for online content.

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Now that you can simply punch in any Google user's Google account name and find their profile (or search their name), Google Profiles have become a real tool for connection.

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As one group amasses huge amounts of centralized power the way that Facebook has, it's a good idea to keep an eye on the psychological relationship between the site's owners and its users.

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You can help Facebook by notifying us of any nudity or pornography, or harassment or unwelcome contact by clicking on the "Report" link located on pages throughout the site.

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The social-networking giant is trying to build trust and good feelings among users—while at the same time turning them into commodities. Can a community be built on this paradox? By Vanessa Grigoriadis

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You pull out your iPhone or Palm Pre or Android or Blackberry or Windows Mobile doohickey and click open the Facebook application. Then you type “sushi near me.”

It answers back “within walking distance are two sushi restaurants that more than 20 of your friends have liked.”

Wait a second. “Friends have liked?”

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