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By on 05/07/2013 in , , , with 0 Comments

In order to delve into the implications of drone policy on Washington, technology, civil rights, manufacturing, and journalism, Future Tense Now, a project of Slate, New America Foundation, and Arizona.

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TweetChat_Drones
By on 05/06/2013 in , , , with 0 Comments

In light of the recent attention on domestic drone, proposed legislation, and outpour of privacy concerns, IVN is hosting a tweet chat on Thursday, May 9, at 5pm PT on “Drone Policy & Privacy.”

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Facebook Graph Search Privacy
By on 05/03/2013 in , , , with 3 Comments

What is Facebook Graph Search? In January, Facebook released Graph search, a function designed to allow users to tap into the vast amount of user information to search for specific.

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protect minors online
By on 05/02/2013 in , , , , , , , , , , , with 0 Comments

Despite opposition from major Internet companies like Facebook and Google, the state Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would require social networking sites to remove identifying information from a user’s profile…

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By on 05/02/2013 in , , with 3 Comments

In what started as a joke, President Bill Clinton is now officially on Twitter and has been tweeting regularly since he verified his account as @BillClinton. In the beginning of.

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Zuckerberg Keystone XL Pipeline
By on 05/01/2013 in , , , with 2 Comments

Today, activists plan to rally outside of Facebook’s Menlo Park Headquarters in protest of Zuckergerg’s role in public policy, more specifically, the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Twitter's two-step authentication
By on 05/01/2013 in , , with 1 Comment

It’s been a hectic few weeks for Twitter, with the acceleration of false allegations from the Boston bombing and repeated high profile hacking incidences drawing national attention.

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