[LINK] The emerging dark side of social networks

[Roger Clarke]

[You'd have to have serious doubts about any article where not just 
the subbie, but even author, claim that 'the dark side of social 
media' is somehow new, or even so new that it's only 'emergent'.  The 
risks involved were trumpeted a decade ago.]


At 12:39 +1000 13/4/14, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>The emerging dark side of social networks
>By Dominic Basulto
>April 8 at 8:07 am
>Washington Post
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/04/08/the-emerging-dark-side-of-social-networks/
>
>We've all heard how social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and
>YouTube help to spread democracy around the world by mobilizing the
>masses and making it easier to topple dictators. Now, we're now seeing a
>darker side to them. In some cases, they're being co-opted by
>governments as disinformation tools, used by authoritarian regimes to
>crack down on Internet dissenters, and even being used as part of
>digital Black Ops by the United States in places like Cuba.
>
>etc, etc.
>
>--
>
>Regards
>brd
>
>Bernard Robertson-Dunn
>Sydney Australia
>email: brd at iimetro.com.au
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