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These “friends” don’t know me well enough to write on my wall, but they don’t have any qualms about pressing their interests onto me. There is something deeply depersonalizing about the fact that people can look at their social...

Author: By Adrienne Y. Lee | Title: Whose Facebook is it anyway? | 4/19/2010 | See Source »

“The issues with the Harvard Connections Web site emphasize that [user privacy] is a common and pressing problem,” Chong wrote.

Author: By Punit N. Shah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Privacy Concerns Shut Down Online Directory | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Government watchdogs, meanwhile, worry that taking away forms of oversight, even when there isn't a pressing need for it, sets a dangerous precedent. "We're taking another piece [of information] in order to stroke and soothe one small segment of society," says Charles Davis, executive director for the National...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wolf Wars: A New Move to Ban Hunter Harassment | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

To be fair, many Chinese feel the U.S. is mindfully hurting China's interests too: surrounding it with military bases, pressing for currency change, meddling in its internal affairs by selling arms to Taiwan and acknowledging the Dalai Lama. Even Western-oriented Chinese now aver that the U.S. wants to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hu's Visit: Finding a Way Forward on U.S.-China Relations | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Those reasons extend beyond an overstimulated domestic economy. The geopolitics of the move are also pressing for Beijing. Though exports collapsed last year as the world plunged into recession - China's current account surplus declined by about half as a percentage of its overall economy - that adjustment phase is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Geithner Made A Surprise Stop in Beijing | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

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