anonymity - SocialTimes.com http://socialtimes.com Your Social Media Source Copyright 2012 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:55:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Give Up Your Web Anonymity. Can Obama Do That? Obama was one of the first politicians to really leverage online social media to its full potential during his campaign for the presidential election, so you’ve got to admit that he knows a thing or two about maintaining an online reputation. And now that Obama is the president elect, he expects the rest of his administration to disclose some of their online information, according to an article in the New York Times.Â

In a 7-page questionnaire, prospective White House employees will need to list their aliases and handles used to communicate on the Internet, among other expected questions pertaining to government new hires. Now, communicate is a broad term, especially when it comes to the Internet. For the questionnaire’s purpose, it even includes names used for comments posted on blogs and websites. Not only is that a daunting task, depending on your level of online activity, but it also crosses a privacy line that has not yet been addressed on this political level.Â
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]]> kristennicole http://socialtimes.com/give-up-your-web-anonymity-can-obama-do-that_b938#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/give-up-your-web-anonymity-can-obama-do-that_b938 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=938 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:18:47 +0000