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Brand protection is one of the biggest challenges with blind ad networks. How do I know my brand isn’t showing up next to some horrible contextual ad alongside negative publicity about my company?

Simply put, how do I know my brand isn’t being associated with porn, drugs, etc.? The answer with blind networks is you really don’t. We’ve all seen examples of adverts gone wrong on the FAIL blog. 

On Facebook, the relevant question that needs to be posed is “how do I know my brand isn’t being shown next to some kid’s drunk snaps from the night before?” Some may say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but I’d bet many brand managers (and lawyers) would argue otherwise.

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If personal data is the currency of the digital world, then where are the banks?

Kun je persoonlijke data als aandelen verhandelen in ruil voor digitale diensten en goederen? Geen nieuw idee, maar zeker interessant

While many of these innovations have been enthusiastically embraced by Facebook's 600 million-plus users, others have provoked serious backlash. Below are some of the most controversial steps -- and missteps -- Facebook and its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have taken to remake online privacy.

Aardig overzicht van de privacy-schendingen/misstappen van Facebook de afgelopen 7 jaar...

Facebook werkt aan de Disneyficering van het Internet.

the researchers wrote a simple script that automatically recognized when videos were recorded a certain distance away from a primary location, that being the potential victims' home addresses. When the "vacation distance," as it was called, was set to 100 KM, the script returned 106 hits revealing who was out-of-town in the test location of Berkeley, CA. After briefly perusing the results, the researchers came across a video from someone who was clearly on a Caribbean vacation and would have made an ideal victim.

it seems as if we are gradually getting used to forgetting about these problematic instances and undoubtedly accept the apologetic discursive framing of these events. In the meanwhile, we continue the anticipation of new issues, resulting from intrusive changes enacted by social media corporations in their quest for more openness and connectedness. Arguably, social media users should be able to manage their information preemptively.

Anonymous online speech can be powerful and beneficial.  You are free to leave anonymous or pseudonymous comments on this site, which encourages free discussion of political issues.  Protesters in Iran can spread ideas, corporate whistleblowers can speak out, and the government is deterred from at least one form of intrusion into personal life.  On a personal level, you can explore your identity, research controversial causes or issues, or just vent frustration.  All of these are good things and worthy of preservation.

But in the offline world there is also accountability for anonymous speech that is libelous or invasive of privacy.  By taking control of the media away from The New York Times and putting it in the hands of individual bloggers, the Internet have empowered free expression and opinion, but also empowered hundreds of millions of people to anonymously libel each other and invade each others’ privacy.

hoe denken de Nederlandse politici over onderwerpen als privacy, internetfiltering en het downloadverbod? Hoe kijken ze aan tegen gebruik van opensourcesoftware en wat vinden ze van het auteursrecht? Tweakers.net spitte de verkiezingsprogramma's door, op zoek naar onderwerpen die de tweaker interesseert.

As I’ve said time and time again, people do want to engage in public, but not the same public that includes all of you.

Geweldig (lang!) stuk van danah boyd over Facebook's idee van privacy

With Diaspora, we are reclaiming our data, securing our social connections, and making it easy to share on your own terms. We think we can replace today's centralized social web with a more secure and convenient decentralized network. Diaspora will be easy to use, and it will be centered on you instead of a faceless hub.

Interessant project!