The Business section is fast becoming the sociology of information section. In “Twitter Is All in Good Fun, Until It Isn’t,” David Carr writes about
Tag: privacy
This is your Background Check on Steroids
An article, “Social Media History Becomes a New Job Hurdle,” by Jennifer Preston in yesterday’s NYT is obvious fodder for the sociology of information. It’s
Anonymity and the Demise of the Ephemeral
The New York Times email update had the right headline “Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone” but made a common mistake in the
FTC Proposes "Do Not Track" Option for Consumer Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission released a preliminary report, “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change,” for public comment today. Among other things, it
From Information Superhighway to Information Metrosystem
The new FTC report on consumer privacy has an interesting graphic in an appendix. It purports to be a model of the “Personal Data Ecosystem.”
