Category Archives: Social Media and Web 2.0
Nestle, GreenPeace, Social Media, Palm Oil and Orangutans
Rather than deal with the controversy on its Facebook Fan page, Nestlé ignores it, instead choosing to issue a statement on its corporate website. In essence, Nestlé abandons its Facebook Fan page, surrendering it to the community now against it. The very beauty of 2.0 and Social Media is that it belongs – perhaps not legally, but certainly in practical manner – to the community. But, in this case, Nestlé established the community and the citizenry has gathered at the castle to petition the king. Would it not make sense for the king to address the subjects’ greivances? The king has fled and the community has seized the Nestlé Fan page and made it the community voice against Nestlé. Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Social Media and Web 2.0
Tagged censorship, community, copyright, crises management, dmca, facebook, facebook fan page, facebook policy, greenpeace, kit kat, nestle, palm oil, power of community, PR, public relations, sinar mas, social media, social media crisis, take down request, video, web 2.0, youtube, youtube policy
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IP Watchdog Responds to Suit by InventHelp
IPWatchdog, one of the longest running Intellectual Property based blogs, and its founder, patent attorney guru Gene Quinn, responded to, in this writer’s opinion a totally frivolous lawsuit, filed by the infamous InventHelp seeking to “silence” Mr. Quinn and his site from airing the public – and notoriously well-known – grievances by enthusiastic inventors and product creators who have allegedly been defrauded by InventHelp. Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Patent, Social Media and Web 2.0
Tagged blog, Davison, defamation, First Amendment, freedom of speech, InventHelp, invention submission companies, inventions, IPWatchdog, lawsuit, litigation, patents, social media
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Teen Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Facebook Blackmail
A Wisconsin teenager was convicted of using Facebook to blackmail fellow classmates and sentenced to 15 years in prison for his actions. The teen had been accused of creating a Facebook profile belonging to a non-existent teenage girl and then using it to convince more than 30 of his fellow male classmates to send him nude photos or videos of themselves. The teen then reportedly threatened to post the photos or videos on the Internet if those male students did not engage in some sort of sexual activity with him. At least seven of the students have claimsed that they were coereced into sex acts, which the defendant allegedly documented with a cell phone camera. Continue reading
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