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Dating site, DontDateHimGirl.com, isn’t the only website in trouble for information its users post. The DontDateHimGirl.com lawsuit is about whether users can post Read the rest

What responsibilities do web sites have to ensure what their visitors post is accurate? That’s the issue at the heart of a new lawsuit targeted at DontDateHimGirl.com, a website that allows scorned women to post pictures and comments about men who cheat.

Pittsburgh lawyer Todd Hollis filed a complaint on Thursday after anonymous postings on the site accused him of dating multiple women at once and spreading a sexually transmitted disease. When he asked website owner, Tasha Joseph, to remove the posts, she refused. Read the rest

It’s finally happened. A 14-year-old girl has filed a lawsuit against MySpace.

The lawsuit, filed last Monday in the District Court of Travis County, Texas, were aware that sexual predators troll MySpace looking for children. The suit seeks damages of no less than $30 million for fraud and negligence in misrepresenting their security measures to protect children and teens. The suit also charges 19-year-old Texas resident Pete Solis with sexual assault and emotional distress. Read the rest

A Duke University study reports that Americans are becoming less social. The study compared face-to-face interviews with 1467 people in 2004 with a similar number of interviews conducted in 1985.

In 1985, people had on average about 3 confidants they could talk about important matters with. By 2004, that number dropped to about 2. And almost 1 in 4 people say they don’t have anyone to discuss important matters - up 10% from 1985. Read the rest

According to hotspot directory service, JiWire, there are now 116,070 hotspots (as of June 20) in 128 countries. So why can it be so hard to find access?

If you’re willing to do some planning ahead of time, there are a number of online directories for hotspots including: Read the rest