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Study: Facebook Ads Have Little Effect On Political Campaign

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:23:52 +0000

As Election Day comes closer, you’re likely seeing political ads everywhere you turn — on front lawns, in newspapers, and on television. You’re likely also seeing them on Facebook, and not just for President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. Two researchers studied the Facebook ads placed by a candidate running for a state legislature position, seeing if they helped his name recognition or likeability. Unfortunately, in this case, the Facebook ads barely moved the needle for the candidate.

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Facebook Page Replaces Japanese City Website

Ruth Manuel-Logan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:26:05 +0000

Takeo, a city located on the island of Kyushu, Japan, has totally replaced its city government website with a Facebook page, and is the first to do so in that country.
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App Connects Governments And Citizens On Facebook

David Cohen — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:45:14 +0000

You can’t fight City Hall, the old saying goes, but communications with municipal governments can be easier with the use of the Citizen Request Tracker Facebook application from CivicPlus.

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Iceland Drafts New Constitution Using Facebook

Ruth Manuel-Logan — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:00:52 +0000

The small country of Iceland is crowdsourcing its constitution: The parliamentary republic’s officials are looking to solicit ideas and feedback from social media sites like Facebook for its “by the people,” “for the people” document.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg May Return To China

Jackie Cohen — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:41:03 +0000

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg wants to return to China.
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Facebook To Drive Pothole Repairs In Columbus, Ohio

Gregory Pleshaw — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:30:20 +0000

Springtime in the northeast U.S. means the snow is drying, the birds are singing – - and the streets are a mess of potholes. In Columbus, Ohio, city officials are building a page on Facebook that will encourage citizens to report the state of the city’s roads.
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Zambia Minister Announces New Policies On Facebook

Jorge Cino — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:30:45 +0000

Zambia’s minister of education, Dora Siliya, has lately been using her Facebook profile to announce important policy changes in the government. Siliya is also the spokesperson of the political party that is in power right now, the Movement for Multiparty Democracy.
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ACLU Challenges Employer Asking Staff To Share Their Facebook Logins

Jorge Cino — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:22:42 +0000

Should prospective employers be allowed to look through your personal Facebook page prior to hiring or recertifying you? Maryland’s Department of Corrections seems to think so.
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Facebook Government Pages May Grow In Number

Jackie Cohen — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:55:19 +0000

The attorneys general in 15 states have reached an agreement with Facebook over how state and local governments represent themselves on social network pages. This may prompt a surge in page creation by such entities. continued…

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U.S. Government Using Facebook For Surveillance

Caitlin Fitzsimmons — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:05:25 +0000

Did you know the American Government is now monitoring social networking sites to try to identify immigration fraud? As The Huffington Post puts it, Big Brother really is watching you!
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U.K. Prime Minister Discusses Facebook Initiative With Mark Zuckerberg

Nick O'Neill — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:27:41 +0000

Yesterday the Prime Minister’s office posted a video of a conversation between Mark Zuckerberg and the David Cameron, the new U.K. prime minister, discussing a new initiative to engage citizens for ideas on reducing the country’s deficit. While it’s interesting to see the country engage its citizens I can only imagine the types of comments that will show up on the page. Despite the challenges, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a custom application that lets people vote or submit ideas in a more formal manner.
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Is Facebook The New Government?

Ellie Cachette — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:47:00 +0000

More people are not only using Facebook but becoming actively involved reading, engaging, and voicing opinions over user policy changes daily. The level of participation has exponentially grown and often Facebook has taken into account the thoughts of its users, like a true democracy, and adjusted settings as necessary.
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Can Facebook Be Used To Monitor Traffic?

Lauren Dugan — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:37:12 +0000

Traffic in New York or LA might be pretty bad during rush hour, but it’s nothing compared to the congested streets of New Delhi. To get citizens involved in assessing the increasingly problematic streets – which often feature bicycles squeezing in between cars and pedestrians zig-zagging in between three-wheelers and over-stuffed buses – the Delhi Traffic Police has created a fan page on Facebook. It might sound far-fetched, but it appears as though citizens are actually using the page to communicate their grievances, suggestions, and engage in a two-way conversation with the people responsible for shortening their daily commutes.
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