Online Image Management in the news

October 2009

• Facebook to keep profiles of the dead published by google.com
  Death doesn't erase the online footprints that people leave in life and Facebook won't either, though it will make some changes.
  http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h09shWF_3mDwwyw_EJQUWs_NJz2QD9BJF8983

August 2009

• Watch What You Say... Online published by huffingtonpost.com
  Social networking sites are great for tracking people down, but they're even better for checking people out!
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robin-sax/watch-what-you-say-online_b_217366.html

July 2009

• Uptown Resident Sued For Twitter Post published by cbs2chicago.com
  A woman living in the North Side Uptown neighborhood is being sued for allegedly posting on her Twitter account a tweet that accuses her management company of being OK with moldy apartments.
  http://cbs2chicago.com/local/twitter.post.lawsuit.2.1103625.html

June 2009

• Facebook applications raise privacy fears published by ft.com
  Facebook users who sign up for We’re Related are given little idea how much of their personal information will be siphoned by the application, or – in the soothingly benign language of social networking – with whom this information will be shared.
  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a58acfa-5c35-11de-aea3-00144feabdc0.html

• City of Bozeman to job applicants: Surrender your social Web passwords published by missoulian.com
  The city is asking job seekers for the user names n and passwords n to Internet social networking or Web groups they belong to...
  http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/18/bnews//br49.txt

• Vegas paper gets subpoena to ID online commenters published by washingtonpost.com
  A Nevada newspaper says it has been served a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about readers who posted comments on the paper's Web site...
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061601923_pf.html

• Ruling kills blogger anonymity published by timesonline.co.uk
  Thousands of bloggers who operate behind the cloak of anonymity have no right to keep their identities secret, the UK High Court ruled yesterday.
  http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6509677.ece

• How to Come Out on Facebook published by msnbc.com
  The transparency that online social networking imposes is something that takes getting used to...
  http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1901909,00.html?cnn=yes

March 2009

• Twitter gets you fired in 140 characters or less published by msnbc.com
  Why waste valuable social networking hours getting yourself "Facebook fired," when Twitter allows you to humiliate yourself quickly, and in 140 characters or less?
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29796962/

February 2009

• Facebook claims ability to control user information forever published by msn.com
  Tens of thousands of Facebook users are protesting new policies that they say grant the social-networking site the ability to control their information forever, even after they cancel their accounts.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29239948/

January 2009

• New Zealand police use Facebook to stop crime published by cnn.com
  Police in southern New Zealand nabbed a would-be burglar after they posted security camera images of him trying to break into a safe on the popular social networking site, Facebook.
  http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/14/nz.facebook.arrest/index.html

• Maintianing Britney's Facebook requires a Harvard grad published by www.msnbc.msn.com
  If you check in on Britney Spears’ Twitter feed, Facebook, MySpace page, and other electronic iterations, you might not really be communicating with Britney Spears...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28626298/

• Study: Teens on MySpace mention sex, violence published by http://www.cnn.com/
  A new study finds that 54 percent of teens talk about behaviors such as sex, alcohol use, and violence on the social networking giant MySpace -- presenting potential risks even if all they're doing is talking, researchers said Monday...
  http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/05/myspace.teens/index.html

December 2008

• The 11 lamest blogs on the Internet published by msn.com
  Love 'em or hate 'em, blogs are everywhere you look these days...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27792365/?pg=1#Tech_PCWorld_11LamestBlogs

November 2008

• For a Washington job, be prepared to tell all published by msn.com
  Application must include any e-mail that might embarrass the president-elect, along with any blog posts and links to their Facebook pages...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27690267/

• Veterans to find companionship online published by cnn.com
  Hoping to tap into that virtual community, a public service campaign starting Tuesday -- Veterans Day -- encourages Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to log onto a new social networking site...
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/11/veterans.online.ap/index.html

• College Hopefuls Have Much to Fear From Facebook published by msn.com
  Parents, in case you haven't heard, college admissions officers may or may not be cyber-scrutinizing your children...
  http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Departments/College/?article=CollegeFacebook>1=27004

• Election Reporter Becomes YouTube Sensation With Drunk Plagiarism Confession published by foxnews.com
  Sometimes, you wake up following a drunken night out and realize you have sent an inappropriate text to an ex-girlfriend or your boss.
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,449091,00.html

• #@*!!! Anonymous anger rampant on Internet published by cnn.com
  There's a whole world of people out there, and boy, are they pissed off.
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/03/angry.internet/index.html

September 2008

• One in five bosses screen applicants' Web lives published by reuters.com
  Written references could become old hat for hiring managers with one in five saying they use social networking sites to research job candidates -- and a third of them dismissing the candidate after what they discover.
  http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSP21054320080911

• Wall Street Journal launches social network published by msnbc.msn.com
  The Wall Street Journal is borrowing elements from popular Internet hangouts like Facebook as it seeks to boost usage.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26719416/

• Social networking websites more popular than porn, says study published by telegraph.co.uk
  A new survey has revealed that people are more interested in social networking sites than online pornography.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/09/16/dlporn116.xml

August 2008

• How Big Brother watches your every move  published by telegraph.co.uk
  An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has now uncovered just how much personal data is being collected about individuals by the Government, law enforcement agencies and private companies each day...
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2571041/How-Big-Brother-watches-your-every-move.html

• Online student-teacher friendships can be tricky published by cnn.com
  Randy Turner knows there's a huge gap in age and technology between him and his adolescent students...
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/12/studentsteachers.online/index.html

July 2008

• Online speech may be free but is subject to delete  published by deseretnews.com/
  Rant all you want in a public park...
  http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700241108,00.html

• Unrepentant on Facebook? Expect jail time published by cnn.com
  Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner...
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/18/facebook.evidence.ap/index.html

• Facebook: Movement or Business?  published by time.com
  It's been a heck of a year for Facebook, everyone's favorite social network...
  http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1826081,00.html

June 2008

• Not guilty plea in Internet suicide case. Missouri woman accused of role in MySpace hoax that ended with teen's death published by msnbc.msn.com
  A Missouri woman pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles federal court Monday to charges in an Internet hoax blamed for a 13-year-old girl's suicide.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25186093/

• Cyber-Spying for Dummies published by newsweek.com
  Congressional experts fear that Defense intelligence agencies are not making wide enough—and smart enough—use of the vast pool of "open source" information now available in cyberspace.
  http://www.newsweek.com/id/138520

• Can Associated Press control the blogosphere?  published by msnbc.msn.com
  The Associated Press took a grandiose Facebook-style faceplant last week when it attempted to impose strict guidelines on the blogosphere.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25198449/

• Firms putting best foot forward in cyberspace published by msnbc.msn.com
  You may not have to wait for a job interview to find out what the people are like at companies you apply to...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24970110/

• Judge wants investigation into his Web porn published by msnbc.msn.com
  The criminal prosecution of a hard-core pornographer turned into a personal trial for the presiding judge, who called for an investigation Thursday into his own conduct over lewd photos and videos stored on his family's publicly accessible Web site...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25129204/

• Naked photos, e-mail get teens in trouble published by cnn.com
  Passing notes in study hall or getting your best friend to ask a boy if he likes you or, you know, LIKES you, is so last century...
  http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/04/naked.teens.ap/index.html

May 2008

• Scouting Micro Social Networks published by time.com
  Social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook, have reinvented the way we communicate with each other, gather information and determine "friend" status...
  http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1808077,00.html

• How Second Life Affects Real Life published by time.com
  About a year ago in my first visit to Second Life, the popular online virtual world, I spent half an hour trying to make my avatar, or online character, look like a hotter version of myself — which isn't easy when you don't know how to use the tools...
  http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1739601,00.html?cnn=yes

April 2008

• When Craigslist attacks! Various lawmakers say the free online advertising site is the root of all evil  published by msnbc.msn.com
  Cops finally busted the culprits behind yet another Craigslist-instigated ransacking of a Pacific Northwest domicile...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23925847/

• Is Facebook worth your time? published by cnn.com
  Facebook, the 71-million-member social network, has attracted lots of adults during the last year as it became a global technology cause celebre...
  http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/18/technology/kirkpatrick_facebook.fortune/index.htm

• MySpace can bring shy kids out of their shells - Making friends online can come easier and can raise self-esteem offline published by msnbc.msn.com
  Conversing with a stranger on MySpace about the boy's family farm, parents and adolescent drama came easier than doing so with people she knew...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24161656/

• Internet’s assault on teen America continues Are YouTube and MySpace completely culpable for recent teen violence?  published by
  Apparently, YouTube and MySpace totally kicked the crud out of a Florida cheerleader...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24036031/

• Is Facebook the Future of Search? published by time.com
  Then came Generation Y and the social network...
  http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1710493,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

March 2008

• Help Wanted: Adults on Facebook - The social networking site is making a big push to attract adults the world over.  published by cnn.com
  It's already hooked America's youth, and now Facebook is set on winning the hearts of two potentially lucrative demographics: Adults and the rest of the world...
  http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/21/technology/kirkpatrick_facebook.fortune/index.htm

• Expulsion for Facebook cheating? published by thestar.com
  First-year student Chris Avenir is fighting charges of academic misconduct for helping run an online chemistry study group via Facebook last term, where 146 classmates swapped tips on homework questions that counted for 10 percent of their mark.
  http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/309855

• Be careful about what you say online about listed companies published by
  Legal experts have warned people to be careful about what they say online about listed companies after a landmark judgment in Singapore...
  http://www.topix.com/world/singapore/2008/03/be-careful-about-what-you-say-online-about-listed-companies

December 2007

• Young women drink, party, post published by cnn.com
  One young woman dances on top of a bar...
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/12/10/face.book/index.html

• Police Googled him published by guardian.co.uk
  Missing canoeist turns up five years on - but his wife has left for Panama
  http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/podcasts/2007/12/police_googled_him.html

• Create your own 'network effect'  published by cnn.com
  LinkedIn is the more grown-up site...
  http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/29/pf/bestweb_network.moneymag/index.htm

• Is Facebook still all up in your business? Founder says 'my bad,' but most users probably don't care  published by msnbc.msn.com
  If anything, anyone who engages Facebook, let alone the Internet, should be warier than ever of the many ways one’s personal information is bandied about by the companies with which it comes into contact...
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22137744/

November 2007

• Facebook does about-face on privacy policy. Online hangout limits purchase-tracking system after users protest  published by msnbc.msn.com
  Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22041349/

• What you say online can be used against you published by mercatornet.com
  Isn't it bizarre that people abhor government snooping, but their private lives are an open book on the internet?
  http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/what_you_say_online_can_be_used_against_you/

October 2007

• MySpace v. Facebook: Competing Addictions published by time.com
  MySpace and Facebook have become addictions in our society...
  http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1675244,00.html

• Searching Beyond Google published by time.com
  If you tallied up the number of searches executed any given week, the top four search engines combined — Google, Yahoo Search, MSN (and its new Live search) and Ask...
  http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1668035,00.html

September 2007

• Victim uses Facebook to finger suspect published by cnn.com
  After the attack, the victim started looking on Facebook to see if he could find the person who attacked him, according to Lt...
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/28/facebook.finds.attacker/index.html

• The sinister side of social networking published by cnn.com
  More and more of us are sharing our personal details and chatting about our private lives on social networking Web sites, but what if these "chats" are not as private as we thought?
  http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/07/ww.sinistersocial/index.html

• Argos sacks employee for derogatory Facebook entry as directory enquiries firm 118 118 asks Facebook to remove abusive page published by personneltoday.com
  An Argos employee has been sacked following his antics on social networking site Facebook...
  http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2007/08/08/41857/argos-sacks-employee-for-derogatory-facebook-entry-as-directory-enquiries-firm-118-118-asks-facebook.html

August 2007

• At Rapleaf, your personals are public published by cnet.com
  In the cozy Facebook social network, it's easy to have a sense of privacy among friends and business acquaintances...
  http://news.cnet.com/At-Rapleaf,-your-personals-are-public/2100-1038_3-6205716.html

• Have a rant: Fear of blogging and social networking published by personneltoday.com
  It still amazes me there are so-called professionals in HR who label themselves as "old fashioned"...
  http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2007/08/07/41796/have-a-rant-fear-of-blogging-and-social-networking.html

• Argos sacks employee for derogatory Facebook entry as directory enquiries firm 118 118 asks Facebook to remove abusive page published by personneltoday.com
  An Argos employee has been sacked following his antics on social networking site Facebook...
  http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2007/08/08/41857/argos-sacks-employee-for-derogatory-facebook-entry-as-directory-enquiries-firm-118-118-asks-facebook.html

March 2007

• Employers use 'internet reputations' to make decisions about job applicants published by personneltoday.com
  The survey of more than 2,000 consumers and 600 employers found that one in five organisations have searched for and found personal information about candidates on the web...
  http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2007/03/28/39901/employers-use-internet-reputations-to-make-decisions-about-job.html

• Career Advice: Don’t Spend Half Your Work Day On Facebook And Then Brag About It published by techcrunch.com
  A Goldman Sachs trader in the UK named “Charlie” was warned by his employer that his visits to Facebook on company time were to stop...
  http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/career-advice-dont-choose-facebook-over-your-job/

February 2007

• Employee Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Social Network Sites published by nsba.org
  In January 2007, John Bush, a Florida middle school teacher, was fired after his superintendent discovered "inappropriate" material on Bush's personal MySpace web-page...
  http://www.nsba.org/SecondaryMenu/TLN/TechnologyrelatedarticlesfromSchoolBoard

• The Net and children: still scary published by cnn.com
  Cyberspace is a messy soup of the personal and professional, visible to all with just a few mouse clicks...
  http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/12/magazines/fortune/net_child_safety.fortune/index.htm

• Your past is lurking online published by boston.com
  An employee recently argued that he improperly was terminated based on his employer's Google search relating to his prior work background...
  http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2007/02/25/your_past_is_lurking_online/

December 2006

• Dismissal Upheld Despite Employer's Google Search for Employee's Prior Work History published by findlaw.com
  An employee recently argued that he improperly was terminated based on his employer's Google search relating to his prior work background...
  http://technology.findlaw.com/articles/00006/010851.html

• Dismissal Upheld Despite Employer's Google Search for Employee's Prior Work History published by findlaw.com
  An employee recently argued that he improperly was terminated based on his employer's Google search relating to his prior work background...
  http://technology.findlaw.com/articles/00006/010851.html

November 2006

• Help! If employers Google me, they'll find a racy site published by cnn.com
  I've known for some time now that someone with the same name as mine is featured on a web site that is not exactly pornographic, but close...
  http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/01/news/economy/online.image.fortune/

March 2006

• What you say online could haunt you published by usatoday.com
  College student Michael Guinn thought the photos he posted of himself dressed in drag would be seen only by friends...
  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-03-08-facebook-myspace_x.htm

December 2004

• Perspective: I was fired for blogging published by cnet.com
  My name is Ellen Simonetti, but I am better known to Web surfers as the Queen of Sky...
  http://news.cnet.com/I-was-fired-for-blogging/2010-1030_3-5490836.html

March 2002

• Online Company-Flamers: Beware published by cnet.com
  Dan Whatley has a few words of advice for those inclined to flame the CEO of an unpopular company...
  http://news.cnet.com/I-was-fired-for-blogging/2010-1030_3-5490836.html