Natasha Singer reports: In many ways, it was a typical social media marketing campaign featuring user-generated content — only this promotion involved a brand popular with children. Earlier this year, the company behind Ring Pop, a jewel-shaped sucking candy on a plastic ring, ran a contest called #RockThatRock. It invited users to post photos on Facebook, Twitter…
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Iran minister says all web surfers to be ‘identified’
AFP reports: Iran’s telecommunications minister has said his technicians are developing a system to identify any Internet user in the country at the moment of log-on, the ISNA news agency reported Saturday. “Because of our efforts, in future when people want to use the Internet they will be identified, and there will be no web…
‘Right to be forgotten’ on the Internet gains traction in Japan
Tomoko Otake reports: In a possible first in Japan, the Tokyo District Court in October issued an injunction ordering Google to remove the titles and snippets to websites revealing the name of a man who claimed his privacy rights were violated due to articles hinting at past criminal activity. Tomohiro Kanda, who represented the man,…
Controversial Ask.fm will retain anonymity despite links to deaths of bullied teenagers
Niall O’Connor and Adrian Weckler report: Controversial social media site Ask.fm has vowed to retain its anonymous nature despite being linked to the deaths of several teenagers. The website is moving to Ireland and faces a battle to rebuild its image after being bought by US online giant Ask.com. Read more on Independent.ie.