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New York, NY (PRWEB) February 25, 2015

The Social Networking Sites(SNS) industry is benefiting from an increasing consumer base, as more Americans conduct services online. Additionally, SNS are attracting a growing share of advertising revenue, as they measure the effectiveness of advertising and leverage significant consumer information to accurately target such advertising and boost its effectiveness. As the industry leverages its consumer information, revenue is expected to grow in 2015, due to increasing disposable income, which is expected to boost consumer spending on discretionary services like subscriptions or add-ons.

Five years ago, SNS were much smaller and unable to monetize their services. During this time, the industry invested significantly in targeted advertising services and consumer controls. As the number of subscribers has grown, the amount of revenue per subscriber increased and costs per subscriber contracted. Industry profit, as measured by earnings before interest and taxes, is expected to expand in 2015, with major and smaller companies having a wide range of margins.

Despite high merger and acquisition activity, the number of enterprises is expected to grow, as opportunities for growth present themselves on new platforms and devices. As more SNS develop ways to leverage their consumer base, they will generate higher consumer and advertising revenue. Growing advertising spending and rising disposable income levels are expected to benefit the industry. However, the industry will be growing from a higher base in the next five years, and SNS are expected to focus on expansion in Asia and Latin America. Consequently, revenue is projected to grow at a slower average in 2020.

The vast amount of personal information shared on SNS has generated privacy concerns, which have been worsened by revelations that the government has been tracking personal information on these networks. The growing practice of data licensing, through which operators make their data available to industry partners, is triggering concerns among users. This growing crisis of confidence is expected to compel industry players to strengthen their privacy protection regulations in the coming years.

For more information, visit IBISWorlds Social Networking Sites (SNS) in the US industry report page.

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IBISWorld industry Report Key Topics

The Social Networking Sites (SNS) industry includes social networking website publishers and developers. The industry does not include general publishers of internet content, online dating websites, online forums, online video games or other social game developers.

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Reddit, the social networking and news site, has joined Google in announcing a clampdown on the publication of explicit photographs and videos.

The move marks a shift for the company, which until now has had a hands-off approach to privacy, largely allowing its 160 million users to police their own forums within certain guidelines such as no child pornography or spam.

The change comes six months after hackers obtained nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities and posted them to social media sites including Twitter and Reddit. Lawrence likened the unauthorised use of photographs of her body as a "sex crime."

Reddit executives including CEO Ellen Pao, issued a statement saying that the shift was an attempt to "help grow Reddit for the next 10 years and beyond."

From March 10, any photograph, video or digital image of a person who is nude or engaged in a sexual act will be prohibited if the subject has not given permission for it to be used and anyone who wants an image of themselves removed from the site can email the company.

Google announced this week that it would be banning most nude photos and video from publicly accessible sites on its popular Blogger service.

In an update to its adult content policy, it said that any blog created before 23 March that contains sexually explicit content will now automatically be made private.

"No content will be deleted, but private content can only be seen by the owner or admins of the blog and the people who the owner has shared the blog with," said Google.

Users can choose whether to remove the explicit images in order to make it public again, or keep their blog private, which means it will also not appear in Google search results.

Social media sites have varying policies on nudity. Facebook prohibits images containing nudity altogether. Twitter does not mediate legal content but recommends that content with nudity or violence be marked as sensitive. It also lets users flag questionable content for review.

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NEW YORK -- Social-networking and news site Reddit says it will remove photos, videos and links with explicit content if the person in the image hasn't given permission for it to be posted.

The move marks a shift for the online venue, which has had a hands-off approach to privacy, largely allowing its 160 million users to police their own forums within certain guidelines such as no child pornography or spam. The change comes about six months after hackers obtained nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities and posted them to social media sites including Twitter and Reddit.

A posting on the site, signed by Reddit executives including CEO Ellen Pao, said the shift is an effort to "help grow reddit for the next 10 years and beyond."

Effective March 10, any photograph, video or digital image of a person who is nude or engaged in a sexual act is prohibited if the subject hasn't given permission for it to be used. Anyone who wants an image of themselves removed from the site can email contact@reddit.com.

San Francisco-based Reddit, owned by Conde Nast's Wired Digital, did not return a request for comment.

Social media sites have varying policies on nudity. Facebook prohibits images containing nudity altogether. Twitter doesn't mediate legal content but recommends that content with nudity or violence be marked as sensitive. It also lets users flag questionable content for review.

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The White Van man is also far more likely to use a mobile phone while driving than other motorists, with 2.7 per cent of them spotted using mobiles.

The DfT report found that two thirds of those seen using their mobile phones were using them to text or for access to social networking websites.

Motorists who use their mobile phones while driving face 100 fines and three points put on their licence.

Source: Department for Transport

Other figures revealed that there has been a significant fall in the proportion of children who wear seatbelts in cars.

In 2009, 96 per cent of children in England and Scotland were wearing seatbelts, compared to 91 per cent last year.

Robert Goodwill, the transport minister, said the mobile phone figures showed the problem was not just drivers making phone calls, but also texting and using the internet.

"We will keep further deterrent measures under consideration," he added. On seatbelts, he said it was "very concerning to see a decline in seatbelt use, particularly among children".

Source: Department for Transport

The RAC Foundation said the figures were "a worry", while the Institute of Advanced Motorists said they were "very disappointing".

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) February 25, 2015

In its recent decision in U.S. v. Michael Wright, 2015 WL 507169 (3d Cir., Feb. 2015), the Third Circuit extended its recent holding in U.S. v. Franz, 772 F. 3d. 134 (3d Cir. 2014), thereby further diluting the protection of the Fourth Amendment, says federal criminal defense attorney Ms. Hope Lefeber.

According to court documents, as part of their investigation,DEA agents obtained a search warrant, signed by a magistrate judge, for Defendant Michael Wrights apartment. An affidavitsummarizing the Governments knowledge of the conspiracy and containing a list of items the DEA expected to findwas also attached and signed. Subsequently, the Government sealed the affidavit (to preserve details relating to an ongoing investigation). When the DEA executed the search, they were unable to provide Defendant with a list of items to be seized, in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Ms. Lefeber explains that the lower court initially suppressed the search, ruling that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule could not excuse a facially invalid warrant under U.S. v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984). The Third Circuit vacated the lower court's decision and remanded based on Herring v. U.S., 555 U.S. 135 (2009). On remand, the District Court denied the motion to suppress, concluding that the DEAs mistake was simple and did not benefit the Government. Accordingly, Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

Defendant Wright appealed his conviction, arguing that denying his motion to suppress reduced the Governments incentive to carefully scrutinize the contents of each warrant before execution. The Third Circuit disagreed and noted that the DEA agents negligence fell below the grossly negligent exception to the good-faith rule, articulated in Herring. Similar to its recent ruling in Franzwhere an officer mistakenly read a sealing orderthe DEAs conduct was held not to be grossly negligent, since the omission of the list was inadvertent, observes Ms. Lefeber. Therefore, though the search violated the Fourth Amendment, the officers could rely on the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule because deterring isolated negligence is not with the social cost of excluded evidence.

Ms. Lefeber believes that this case further erodes the protections of the Fourth Amendment and renders meaningless the requirement to specify the items to be seized. Officers can now "search and seek" and later legitimize the search by listing the items later.

About Hope Lefeber:

In practice since 1979, Lefeber is an experienced and aggressive criminal defense attorney in Philadelphia. As a former Enforcement Attorney for the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Lefeber uses the knowledge she gained while working for the government to best defend her clients facing serious state and federal charges related to drug offenses and white collar crime, including business and corporate fraud, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, financial and securities fraud, and tax fraud. A member of the invitation-only National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Lefeber has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as a 2014 Super Lawyer. She has also been recognized by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as one of the Top Ten Criminal Defense Attorneys. She has represented high-profile clients, published numerous articles, lectured on federal criminal law issues, taught Continuing Legal Education classes to other Philadelphia criminal defense attorneys and has been quoted by various media outlets, from TV news to print publications.

Learn more at http://www.hopelefeber.com/

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