A group of researchers at Georgia Tech may have an answer to the epidemic of government censorship we’ve seen marring communications in many international spheres of late: a system they’re calling “Collage” that will allow people to hide messages in user-generated content, to be disseminated via platforms like Twitter , Flickr and YouTube . That’s right, Keyboard Cat could become a harbinger of covert news
There have been several high profile hackings of Twitter accounts, with the likes of Britney Spears and even Barack Obama having their accounts compromised (with bizarre tweets sent from them) for at least a few minutes.
When Ochocinco tweets, the NFL listens. In fact, we have a sneaking suspicion that the Cincinnati Bengal’s Wide Receiver’s nonchalance about in-game tweeting inspired the NFL’s no fun social media policy that prohibits tweeting by players and their representatives before, during, and after games
Security sites are warning web users to beware fake Twitter invites in their email inboxes. The reports, based on an alert on Wednesday from Symantec , say the emailed invites come with a malicious attachment which, if downloaded, harvests email addresses from your computer and copies itself to removable drives and shared folders. The emails carry the subject line “Your friend invited you to twitter!”, while the sender’s address is spoofed as “invitations@twitter.com”
“Today you are the media, it is your duty to report and keep the hope alive”, reads the latest Facebook update from Iranian opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. The status update , posted in Farsi and translated both in the Facebook comments and by CNN , reflects a radical shift in the way the media reports current events, with citizens themselves becoming the most prolific source of information on what’s happening in Iran: Facebook Statement Posted Today The so-called “ Twitter revolution ” is also proving itself to be far more than that. As we reported earlier, YouTube has also become a source of raw video from the ground , and Mousavi’s latest long-form statement wasn’t communicated as a release to the press: rather it was posted as a note on the candidate’s Facebook page today .
