[LINK] The emerging dark side of social networks

[Jan Whitaker]

At 01:02 PM 13/04/2014, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

>Risks are one thing - happenings are another.
>Without defending the article, what's new is the public's perception and
>awareness of real events.

Agree. It's important when the stories jump from the tech pages to 
the front/social commentary pages. Lots of times we are just talking 
to ourselves about these things, unfortunately. It's not until issues 
get politically dangerous to the government or corporations' bottom 
lines that the mainstream start to get a bit uncomfortable under the 
collar, so it's good when the public does start to pay attention.

Then again, this article is in a blog in an innovations section. I 
wouldn't bet on it getting a whole lot more notice than the usual tech pages.

Also, on the topic itself, for those who do consider these aspects of 
making it less desirable to debate in a public internet because of 
possible backlash by an over reactive govt, it just means the whole 
thing will be even more fluff and cat pictures.

Jan



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