A high-stakes showdown between social media giants Facebook and LinkedIn is set for 2016, when Facebook is expected to enter the professional social networking space with “Facebook at Work.” LinkedIn has dominated the career-centered social media space for years, and now the world’s largest social network, Facebook, wants to take their spot in the workplace. […]
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Crime Suspect Identified By Social Media
Here is a good example of how social networking sites and social media apps can help police solve criminal investigations. An alleged robbery suspect has been identified and arrested after some people on social media identified him for police. Patrick H. Wilson, 26, of Lake City, Florida has been arrested and charged with burglary, grand […]
Social Media Privacy Laws Protect Employees
Florida is the latest state to advance a bill that would extend social media privacy protections to people in the workplace. A Florida state Senate committee just passed a bill that would restrict access to peoples’ social media accounts by employers and potential employers. If signed into law, state bill SB 186 would make it […]
Criminals Caught On Periscope Live-Streaming App
You can’t fix stupid, but you can certainly livestream it. It is funny how new technology can take dumb criminals and make them even dumber. From the moment that Twitter announced their live-streaming app, Periscope, we knew it wouldn’t be long before some vain person would broadcast their own criminal behavior for everyone to see. […]
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Schools Using Social Media Monitoring Tools
The roles of playground attendant and hall monitor have gone digital with the use of social media monitoring tools by more and more school districts. In the past, social media monitoring tools were used predominantly by governments, law enforcement agencies and marketing professionals, but these tools are increasingly being adopted by school administrators as a […]