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Posted on February 27, 2013 at 10:18 PM

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NEW ORLEANS -- It is happening across the country and right here in the New Orleans metro area. Pimps are targeting popular social networking sites to recruit kids as sex workers, and local law enforcement agencies are fighting back.

"It is a cat and mouse game. Sometimes we're ahead of them, other times they're ahead of us," said Toby Aguillard with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Division.

"I can think of no better place than to go online on any one of the social networking sites and you will find children -- whatever age group you're interested in -- they will be there, if not in the hundreds, but thousands," said Aguillard.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office says more young kids are being coaxed into prostitution on social networking sites.

"One of those active investigations involves a 14-year-old girl who was coaxed and met to work as a prostitute in the Baton Rouge area," said Aguillard.

Authorities say those online predators are getting shrewd: they're asking their victims to use web cams, send texts or pictures; and in some cases, a good old fashion phone call to make sure that they're dealing with children and not undercover agents.

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From Facebook to Twitter to Instagram, Gail Hand, author of "Are you Sure You Want to Post That?" returns from 10 day speaking tour giving college students guidance and reality when posting online. Smart Social Networking for Students is critical to students' reputations.

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Administrators utilize Gails expertise to help their students succeed. She shows them how to gain an edge to look more attractive when applying to a grad school, internship or jobs. Gail gives students sound tips on how to protect your reputation with prospective and current employers.

Her presentation, Smart Social Networking for Students features many of the principles from her new book, Are You Sure You Want to Post That? More than 80% of employers today recruit using social networking, Gail explains. 94% of grads schools check students Facebook posts when considering admission. Gails presentation reveals her 5 point process to help students filter the content of their posts.

Audiences attending Gails presentations are surprised when she displays posts from students to demonstrate how easy it is to misinterpret posts. They often comment to Gail that they are concerned about enjoying their college experience, expressing themselves online, and not having their image misunderstood.

Even if you are in a picture with a group of students that are drinking and you are not, many people will just assume you are drinking, too, said Gail. A future or prospective employer is not impressed when they see these photos of you online. Yes, they were young once too and many had a college experience similar to yours, but they have their business hat on when they see these photos. Be cautious about over-sharing your photos.

After attending Gails presentation, most students are awakened to their responsibility to guard their online reputation. Thank you, I am going to my dorm room to delete my Facebook page and start over, said one students text message to Gail.

Students reveal their real concerns through private text messages more often to Gail because they feel more comfortable that she understands their concerns, without judgment. Its like talking to a cool Aunt instead of your Coach or Provost. You can ask what you really want to know and you know you wont get in trouble for it, said one student.

Gail polls her audiences at each presentation. What would embarrass you more, your parents, your coach, or your prospective employer seeing a negative post about you online? Students are by far most concerned about their parents, followed by a prospective employer.

Two-thirds of college audiences admit they have wanted to delete a post made on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram once they uploaded it. And the majority of students acknowledge that their sense of humor has been misunderstood on their Facebook or Twitter post.

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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings, China's biggest online gaming and social networking company, has set up a joint venture with Indonesia's biggest media group PT Global Mediacom to tap the country's growing social media market.

The venture will further promote Tencent's highly popular mobile chatting app WeChat, which the company introduced to Indonesia late last year and other products will also be introduced in the future.

Indonesians, which number 240 million, are among the world's biggest users of Facebook and Twitter.

"The partnership between Tencent and MNC is our strategic step to expand our reach to Indonesian customers," said Martin Lau, Tencent's president said in a statement.

Hillhouse Capital, one of China's biggest investment funds, is participating in the venture. The companies did not provide financial terms.

Hary Tanoesoedibjo, owner of MNC group and CEO of Global Mediacom, told Reuters in 2012 that he plans to develop local social media platforms as well as online gaming to tap the growing domestic market.

(Reporting by Fathiya Dahrul; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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Michael Barr

February 10, 2011

Michael Barr

Would your best friend describe you as a "social" person? Do you like to "network" and meet new people? If you're an engineer, your answer is probably something like, "Um, no and no. Now can I slink back to my cube, Mr. Nosy?"

The growth of "social networking" in its many forms is a remarkable phenomenon that's proving powerful enough to reshape the economic landscape and trouble despotic regimes. For example, if (six-year-old!) Facebook were a country, it would already be the world's 3rd most populous.

That we the engineerswho ultimately make stuff like this possibleare mostly a loose band of individuals self-selected for our lack of people skills (a key trait that allows us to sit in cubes all day focusing deep-deep-deep on new technology) may explain why so many of us are luddites when it comes to using this "social" technology.

Some of us rationalize that we don't like connecting with people offline, so why would we do that online. Others that reading status updates from other people will take valuable time away from more important stuff. This fun video sums it all up:

LinkedIn Every user on LinkedIn creates a "public profile page," which is something like a resume. Your profile gives your current job title, the name of your employer, and the nearest big city. If you want, your public profile also has space for you to expand on what you do in your current job or in your career generally. You can also list where you went to University, what you majored in, and your past employment historycomplete with praise quotes from former colleagues and managers.

When you "connect" to another LinkedIn user, they get to see your private information too. This includes (by default) your e-mail address and phone number, as well as the names of your other connections. The majority of LinkedIn users seem to have on the order of 100 connections once they get setup. Your "in" list consists mostly of current and past colleagues, perhaps some classmates or other chums, etc.

Although it is not specifically advertised this way and has many other valuable features, I think of LinkedIn as primarily my cloud-based self-updating address book. It's an address book in that I can easily search for your phone number or e-mail address once we connect. If I can't remember or spell your last name, I can search by first name and anything else I can remember about you, like the name of an employer. And, as long as you take the few minutes to update your profile page and contact info each time you change jobs, we'll never lose touch with each other. Wow!

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