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My Facebook Letter to Homeland Security

February 11, 2012

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Posted on my Facebook Account:   To the Department of Homeland Security. Welcome to Facebook. I hope you enjoy your stay here. I think you should take that part of your name that is “homeland” out of your title because you have made us feel as if this is no longer OUR home. I hope […]

America c2c Website – Who is Really Behind It and Why Can’t We Contact Him/Her?

April 5, 2011

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A friend told me about Americac2c.com, a Conservative website. One has to register or join to view the site.  I reluctantly registered because whichever vehicle you choose – Yahoo, Google, Facebook, in addition to their own registration form, you must agree that those sites can turn all information they have on you over to America […]

On-line Commentator On Your Site Could Be a Robot

March 1, 2011

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A friend at blackwatertown has a chilling post every blogger should read: Robot Wars Robot Wars This is worrying. You can now buy an instant army of fake online commenters to sway any public argument your way. The author of this piece, George Monbiot, concludes: “Software like this has the potential to destroy the internet as […]

Louis Farakkhan Nation of Islam Head Predicts Egypt Style Demonstrations Here

February 28, 2011

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More than controversial and always exceeding expectations in dire threats he issues, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farakkhan warns Americans that what is happening in Egypt, Tunisia and other North African countries will be coming to your door. Just to give his warnings the look and feel of a coming reality, Farakkhan has asked President […]

GOOGLE Algorithm Tweaked; Webmasters Freaked “Googlization” Marches On

February 27, 2011

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Last week to the horror of Huffington Post and other businesses on the web, Google changed its algorithms. Our goal is simple: to give users the most relevant answers to their queries as quickly as possible,” said Gabriel Stricker, Google spokesman. “This requires constant tuning of our algorithms, as new content — both good and […]

Is Buffalo Beast Editor Ian Murphy a Blogger or Journalist

February 27, 2011

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Today CNN’s Reliable Sources, the show that reviews news papers, on-line outlets and other news sources, threw the spotlight on the prank phone call to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker  from an editor at the  left leaning on-line “news outlet” the Buffalo Beast, Ian Murphy. Murphy appears to be a 30 something young man  who is […]

Facebook and Skype are Now Fully Integrated But There are Software “Bugs” and User Unhappiness

February 24, 2011

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Hate Facebook and all the info it has on you.  Here’s more bad news.  The Skype directory is now in Facebook and you can’t do anything about it. Back in December 2010, the Skype community featured this post: Now that the deed is done, as it were, a bug has emerged to throw a wrench […]

US Military CAN Restore Internet to Countries that Shut it Down – or Can It?

February 12, 2011

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U.S. Has Secret Tools to Force Internet on Dictators From wired.com By Spencer Ackerman February 7, 2011  | When Hosni Mubarak shut down Egypt’s internet and cellphone communications, it seemed that all U.S. officials could do was ask him politely to change his mind. But the American military does have a second set of options, […]

Could a State in Europe or the US Be Toppled Using Social Media?

January 31, 2011

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Announcers analyze and pronounce that social media have helped engineer the toppling of governments in the Near and Middle East.  But has the genie been let out of the bottle?  Journalism has fallen into the hands of the people.  Anyone with a computer of any kind can get word out there in text or video […]

Is Internet Access a Right?

January 30, 2011

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Since Mubarak killed the internet last week, talk of what rights people have to information from and communication on the internet have been all over the web.  A dear blogger friend, ArleneArmy has pointed out that to shut down our access to pay our bills on time is not right either. So it is clear […]

DON’T DITCH Your Landline. Obama Plans Internet Kill Switch

January 28, 2011

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Here at On My Watch, the fact the President would like legislation to enable him to have an internet kill switch is well-known [see this post].  You’ve see how well it works in Egypt.  Coming to a hot spot near you, a dead connection if there is social upheaval. For so many ways, if you […]

Governments and Santa Use Social Media to Track You

January 27, 2011

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Facebook can track you all over the internet each time you click on their “like” button.  Who doesn’t want to be liked, eh?  Now Santa is interested in making naughty and nice buttons available to streamline his operations.  Hugh Heffner is more than interested in the development of those to “beeline” his operations to the […]

Facebook Releases User Posts for Advertiser Use

January 27, 2011

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The day of reckoning for Facebook may be near at  hand.  Once again they have crossed over a line – an important one.  Just think of how much money the estates of Marilyn Monroe and other deceased celebrities have made from use of their image and etc. and now think about how a Facebook user […]

Will Twitter Comply With US Subpoena for Info on Icelandic MP?

January 8, 2011

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The US Justice Department has issued a subpoena to the social networking site Twitter, for information about Icelandic Member of Parliament Birgitta Jonsdottir, past volunteer at Wikileaks.  She has been the main force behind Parliament’s passage of the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative that supports creating legislation to make Iceland a legal haven for journalists and […]

Facebook Now Thinking For Me and Acting on My Behalf – And Requires My Real Name

December 23, 2010

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Because I did not give them more than the scantest information on my Facebook account, Facebook wrote on my profile: Where did some of my profile information go? The sections of your profile now link to Pages that reflect your interests. You haven’t added any yet, but we matched your current profile info to related […]

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