Some early results from my "real names" social media abuse research request
https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/2LPPmJe32AS https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/L6jUyTeas9t People around the world are continuing to send me their "real name" and other *social media abuse* stories. - Verification continues to pour in that these problems are *interdisciplinary* in nature, suggesting that attempts to deal with them on a piecemeal basis are likely to fail *or even exacerbate the existing situations.* Stories of offline lives ruined by online interactions are horrifyingly common. Making matters even more complex is that these issues exist in effectively two parallel but interconnected universes: The public online space and a generally hidden from public view, *shadow* online space where the even more serious terrors reside. In the public space we hear only the merest muffled echos of the rampage occurring to lives in the shadow social media universe. Attempts by targeted persons to reach out for help from (for example, Facebook) or law enforcement authorities can generally be counted on to be counterproductive, sometimes devastatingly so. Awful beyond reckoning. Reference: "Research Request: Seeking Facebook or Other "Real Name" Identity Policy Abuse Stories": http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001131.html --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
