British Member of Parliament Seeking to Impose Sanctions on Twitter
George Galloway says the microblogging service failed to give police information relating to criminal communications
Social Media
MIT to Release Aaron Swartz Documents
Swartz killed himself in January, was facing charges for hacking into articles on a MIT archive
Business as Usual at DOJ: Threatening Guy with Prison Over an Altered L.A. Times Headline
Why do people keep accusing them of overzealous prosecution?
Rand Paul Filibuster Prompts Twitter Discussions
Social media as (somewhat sarcastic) debate platform
Facebook Admits Teens Are Getting Increasingly Bored of the Social Networking Site
Losing out to apps like Instagram
FAA Gets Whiny About Airborne Dance Video; Bring on the Sequestration Already
Apparently "fun detectors" have been added to airplanes
Detroit Students Suspended over "Harlem Shake" Video
We're guessing the part where the kid pretends to sodomize a live duck might have played a role
Facebook to Take Down some Fake Newtown Pages
Allegedly fraudulent pages trying to pull in donations
Poland Spring Blows Social Media Marketing Opportunity
Could have capitalized on Marco Rubio reaching for a bottle of their water
Defense Firm Develops Software That Tracks People on Social Media
Would help predict future behavior
Crowdsourced "Aaron's Law" Taking Shape to Restrain Overprosecution in Computer Cases
Another round of review on Reddit
San Francisco Tech Companies to Get Tax Breaks in Exchange For Charitable Contributions
Twitter one of the companies to benefit
Tech Journalists, Academics Excited About Twitter's Six Second Videos
Hoping it creates an explosion in video sharing
Loving Hating Breitbart
A powerful post-partisan message from a documentary about an infamous right-winger
Appeals Court Says You Can't Ban Sex Offenders from Facebook
They have rights to free speech, too
Slate Writer Matt Yglesias Suggests Obama Kids More Important Than Other People's
The cult of the presidency lives
College Student Suspended for Insulting Woman Via Social Media
Said her legs looked like "bleached hams" in YouTube comments
Judge Rules Posting Photos on Twitter Doesn't Make Them Free
They're still protected by copyright and newspapers can't just republish them
Hacker, Reddit Co-Founder and Information Activist Commits Suicide
Known for being pursued by DOJ for violating MIT's terms of service
Kickstarter Campaigns Raised $319 Million in 2012
Funded everything from tech innovation to comedy shows
Facebook Cooperates More Readily With Prosecutors Than With Defense Attorneys
Rolls over for the state, stonewalls the accused
Gawker Prints List of All Licensed Gun Owners in New York City
And that list of unlicensed gun owners?
YouTube Mistakenly Shuts Down Syrian Watchdog Account
Over graphic images of horrors of nation's civil war
Facebook Faces German Fine Over Lack of Anonymous Accounts
German law apparently protects anonymity, no matter company policy
Study: 75 Percent of Homeless Youth Use Social Media
Similar to college students
Websites that Sell Meth and Guns Stay Online in China
Censors apparently more concerned with social media
