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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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How TikTok Became a Place for Tattletales

How TikTok Became a Place for Tattletales | Communications Major | Scoop.it

TikTokkers are filming private conversations and posting them online. This has potential consequences.

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Facebook Tells Drag Queens to Use Their Legal Names or Risk Losing Their Profiles

Facebook Tells Drag Queens to Use Their Legal Names or Risk Losing Their Profiles | Communications Major | Scoop.it

If there were ever a group of individuals not to piss off, it’s drag queens. But Facebook has laid down the law: Use your legal name on your personal profile or be locked out. 

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Flipping the Switches on Facebook’s Privacy Controls: You Have More Power Than You Think

Flipping the Switches on Facebook’s Privacy Controls: You Have More Power Than You Think | Communications Major | Scoop.it

In practice, adjusting Facebook’s dozens of privacy controls can be tedious and confusing. Company executives realize that the complexity is a concern. Facebook has compiled answers to 50 frequently asked questions about privacy, offers tips at a central site and has a community forum where users try to help one another. Over the last couple of years, Facebook has also altered the service to put relevant privacy controls next to each piece of information you are sharing.

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Zuckerberg Has Always Believed That We're Only Entitled To One Identity

Zuckerberg Has Always Believed That We're Only Entitled To One Identity | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Whether you accept that Facebook's "real name" policy is vital to them doing business or not, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it clear years ago that he has no patience or sympathy for people who have more than one identity. He said in an interview that was published in the 2010 book The Facebook Effect, "You have one identity... Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity."

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The Return of the Anonymous Internet

The Return of the Anonymous Internet | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Social networks put identity at the center of our online lives. Is it too late to turn back?  Secret, a new semi-anonymous confession app, is an app shows us, for the first time, what anonymity looks and feels like on a post-Facebook internet.

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Facebook "Couples Pages" Make Me Want to Retch

Facebook "Couples Pages" Make Me Want to Retch | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Facebook has created couples profile pages on behalf of all those listed as "in relationships" on the site. It’s cringeworthy and far too interventionist, writes Emma Barnett. Caveat: It can only create this page for you and your beloved if you list each other as who you are "in a relationship" with or "married" to. If you've simply identified yourself as "in a relationship", "married", or the oddly curious "it's complicated"  -- you're safe (for now). 

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