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#1 Fletch 27

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Posted 04 June 2012 - 04:55 PM

Good idea or is this a corporate giant grasping for an increase for shareholders? "Social Media" making money? Is Social media even valid with Twitter, FB, blogs capitalizing and making money off of what's "trending"?? I will say with this latest news "social media" has been "outed"

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Posted 04 June 2012 - 05:16 PM

Good idea or is this a corporate giant grasping for an increase for shareholders? "Social Media" making money? Is Social media even valid with Twitter, FB, blogs capitalizing and making money off of what's "trending"?? I will say with this latest news "social media" has been "outed"

What does this have to do with Canadian federal politics?

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Posted 04 June 2012 - 05:20 PM

Federal legislation?

What does this have to do with Canadian federal politics?



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Posted 04 June 2012 - 06:13 PM

What does this have to do with federal legislation?

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Posted 04 June 2012 - 06:24 PM

Seems pretty easy Cyber! Legislate that it should NOT be accessible to 12 year olds!


What does this have to do with federal legislation?



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Posted 04 June 2012 - 06:37 PM

Seems pretty easy Cyber! Legislate that it should NOT be accessible to 12 year olds!


How do you do this? Arrest the kids? This would be a difficult thing to legislate, though I guess the Canadian gov could contact Facebook and try to have them block access of accounts of under 13 y/o with IP addresses coming from Canada.

Better solution: parents ban kids from Facebook of whatever age limits they want.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 07:53 PM

But this is Canada! We depend on rhe Feds to take care of our kids!



How do you do this? Arrest the kids? This would be a difficult thing to legislate, though I guess the Canadian gov could contact Facebook and try to have them block access of accounts of under 13 y/o with IP addresses coming from Canada.

Better solution: parents ban kids from Facebook of whatever age limits they want.



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Posted 04 June 2012 - 08:20 PM

But this is Canada! We depend on rhe Feds to take care of our kids!

Its up to the parent to decide if their child will or will not have access to FB.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 10:49 PM

What does this have to do with federal legislation?

perhaps MLW member, 'Fletch', believes this should be a part of the Harper Conservatives Bill C-30 online surveillance legislation... hey now, perhaps Vic Toews is already on the case!

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 02:47 AM

But this is Canada! We depend on rhe Feds to take care of our kids!



???

You're mocking your own idea?

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Posted 05 June 2012 - 04:39 AM

How do you do this? Arrest the kids? This would be a difficult thing to legislate, though I guess the Canadian gov could contact Facebook and try to have them block access of accounts of under 13 y/o with IP addresses coming from Canada.

Better solution: parents ban kids from Facebook of whatever age limits they want.

And what in G-d's name ever prevented a 12 year old from opening an account with a fake birthday? At least if they allow it anyone targeting a minor knows that he or she is "talking" to a 12 year old and can be dealt with accordingly.
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 07:28 AM

Do NOT allow your children to use Facebook.

With the amount of security issues and the rumored ties to the NSA, if you MUST use Facebook, do so with extreme caution.
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 03:58 PM

With the amount of security issues and the rumored ties to the NSA, if you MUST use Facebook, do so with extreme caution.

Given the NSA's long-standing ECHELON program, should they not use cell phones too?

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Posted 07 June 2012 - 12:43 PM

It is a marketing thing weith Facebook, they reputedly have close to a billion members and must be approaching saturation. Share prices drop when you have no new markets.....

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Posted 23 June 2012 - 04:01 PM

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