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'''MySpace''' is an online social networking web site which allows users to create custom profiles, write diaries (commonly know as [[blog]]s), and upload photos and videos. It became popular among people in the music industry as a way to build a fanbase and promote their music. As of In March 2007, over 130 Million million people use used MySpace; however, its popularity has been dropping in recent years in favor of more popular social networking sites such as [[Facebook]].  Myspace was formerly owned by [[News Corporation]]. 

*Many adults have criticized MySpace as being a hotbed for pedophiles [[pedophile]]s and other undesirable users. *Many users do not know how much or how little information to put online, sometimes causing them to put far too much personal information online, where anyone can read it. <ref>[http://www.csoonline.com.au/index.php/id;1561163121;fp;16;fpid;0 "Mr. Safety keeps watch on MySpace security"]</ref>* Some employers have begun to research prospective employees by browsing their MySpace sites, possibly affecting their chance at being hired.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/collegian/index.php?issue=104&article=1084 Facebook, MySpace impact employee hiring], The Collegian Staff, Bob Jones University, Accessed October 30, 2008</ref>*Others have criticized it for being causing the very demise of real-life relationships, instead forcing those relationships onto the internet.*Several people have voiced complaints of teenagers posting suggestive or otherwise inappropriate pictures of themselves. They claim that Myspace has not done enough to protect minors from the dangers associated with the internet. Myspace responded by implementing a "private" setting for profiles, blocking access to strangers, but this and other security features have done little to sway critics. The privacy settings can be circumvented by users with little or no hacking experience, rendering them essentially useless and hence providing a false sense of security to users.*MySpace has been used by [[atheists]] to promote their blogs, books and to reach out to young people. However, MySpace was very decisive in deleting a large atheist group.<ref>http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/01/banned-myspace-deletes-largest-atheist.html</ref> MySpace's founder Tom Anderson is himself an atheist.<ref>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/30/myspace-cofounder-tom-anderson-was-a-real-life-wargames-hacker-in-1980s/</ref> ==Christian alternatives==*[http://www.faithfreaks.com Faith Freaks]*[http://www.mypraize.com MyPraize]*[http://www.xianz.com Xianz.com]*[http://www.hisholyspace.com His Holy Space] ==Quotes on Police State Social Media Surveillance==* "The progress of [[science]] in furnishing the [[big government|government]] with means of [[espionage]] is not likely to stop with [[wiretap]]ping. Ways may some day be developed by which the [[Police state|government]], without removing papers from [[hard disk|secret drawers]], can reproduce them in [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court|court]], and by which it will be enabled to expose to a [[jury]] the most intimate occurrences of the home. Advances in the [[computer science|psychic and related sciences]] may bring means of exploring unexpressed beliefs, thoughts and emotions. 'That places the [[liberty]] of every [[citizen|man]] in the hands of every [[tyrant|petty officer]]' was said by James Otis of much lesser [[tyranny|intrusions]] than these. 1 To Lord Camden a far slighter intrusion seemed '[[subversive]] of all the comforts of society.' Can it be that the [[Constitution]] affords no [[Right to Privacy|protection]] against such invasions of [[Fourth Amendment|individual security]]?"** [[Louis Brandeis]]''' (1856-1941), [[United States Supreme Court]] [[Associate Justice]] Dissenting, ''[[Olmstead v. United States]]'', 277 U.S. 438 (1928). ==See also==* [[Duck Duck Go]] - [[Privacy]]-oriented [[Search engine]]* [[Google]], [[Yahoo]] and [[Bing]]----* [[NSA]] and other [[Intelligence agency]] [[mass surveillance]]: [[PRISM]], [[Wiretap]] - [[Roving wiretap]] '''Contrast with:'''* [[Encryption]]: [[Cryptography]]-[[Cryptanalysis]]-[[Cryptology]]-[[Data encryption]]-[[Public-key encryption]]-[[Steganography]]* [[Conservative values]] and [[Libertarian]] [[American values]] - [[Small town values]] of [[Limited government]] and [[liberty]]* [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]* [[Prism-break.org]] - Opt out of global data [[surveillance]] programs like [[PRISM]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]].<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical! We all have an [[unalienable right]] to [[privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypting]] your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary products and services."</ref>

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