InfSoc FridayLinks #18

Stories from the information society worth reading…
18. November 2011

Diese Woche: Facebook’s Timeline Is Going To Force You To Do Privacy Housekeeping / Schleichwerbung auf Easyjets Facebook-Fanpage? – Rechtliche Voraussetzungen für Testimonials / Studie: Wie Social Media Kultureinrichtungen beeinflusst / Stop Digital Arms Trade From Western Countries /  Facebook tracking is under scrutiny / XKCD: Wisdom of the Ancients

Facebook’s Timeline Is Going To Force You To Do Privacy Housekeeping

Kashmir Hill, Forbes, 15.11.2011
At some point in history, a brilliant woman person invented the concept of “spring cleaning,” to force people to give their home a thorough scrubbing at least once a year. As Facebook rolls out its new profile page design called Timeline, it’s hoping to force its 800 million users to do something similar: a “privacy cleanse” of their digital homes.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/11/15/facebooks-timeline-is-going-to-force-you-to-do-privacy-housekeeping/

Schleichwerbung auf Easyjets Facebook-Fanpage? – Rechtliche Voraussetzungen für Testimonials
Thomas Schwenke, spreerecht.de, 15.11.2011
Heute wurde ich darauf aufmerksam gemacht, dass die Facebook-Seite von EasyJet einen neuen Fan hat. Das klingt zunächst unaufregend, wird aber interessant, wenn man den Fan aus der rechtlichen Sicht betrachtet und dabei an das Verbot von Schleichwerbung denkt.
http://spreerecht.de/social-media-2/2011-11/schleichwerbung-auf-easyjets-facebook-fanpage-rechtliche-voraussetzungen-fuer-testimonials

Studie: Wie Social Media Kultureinrichtungen beeinflusst
Dirk Heinze, kulturmanagement.net, 10.11.2011
Eine von der Theatre Bay Area (TBA) in Auftrag gegebene Studie untersuchte 2011, wie die sozialen Medien Kultureinrichtungen nutzen und diese beeinflussen.
http://www.kulturmanagement.net/beitraege/prm/39/v__d/ni__2059/index.html

Stop Digital Arms Trade From Western Countries
Marietje Schaake, Huffington Post, 15.11.2011
Today, the EU imposed sanctions on 3 members of Syria’s electronic army: a new and important step, but what about the corporate actors? While both the United States and the EU have imposed sanctions on Syria and Iran, the use of Western made technologies to crack down on people flourishes in many countries across the world.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marietje-schaake/stop-digital-arms-trade-f_b_1094472.html

Facebook tracking is under scrutiny
Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 17.11.2011
In recent weeks, Facebook has been wrangling with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the social media website is violating users‘ privacy by making public too much of their personal information.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2011-11-15/facebook-privacy-tracking-data/51225112/1

TGIF…

Wisdom of the Ancients
xkcd.com
All long help threads should have a sticky globally-editable post at the top saying ‘DEAR PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE: Here’s what we’ve figured out so far…’
http://xkcd.org/979/

 
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