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December 1995: Classmates

Originally launched as a list of school affiliations, Classmates came out in December 1995. The site, founded by Randy Conrads, later incorporated features like member profiles and friends lists. The company was sold to United Online in 2004 and suffered from a string of controversies, including an investigation by Andrew Cuomo, who was New York Attorney General at...

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CBS News: How Real a Risk is Social Media Addiction

By Eliene Augenbraun CBS News August 22, 2014, 4:22 PM

How real a risk is social media addiction?

The "Facebook" logo is seen on a tablet screen on December 4, 2012 in Paris.

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A blog post by social media marketer Jason Thibeault, "Why I just quit Facebook," is sparking new debate about the risks of social media addiction. Thibeault's essay went viral soon...

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Social media sites Bubblews, Bonzo Me pay you for posting ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook and most other social networks are built on the premise that just about everything should be shared - except the money those posts produce.

At least two services are trying to change that. Bubblews, a social network that came out of out of an extended test phase last week, pays users for posts that attract traffic and advertisers. Another company, Bonzo Me, has...

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Chinese government testing "social credit score" system to ...

China is testing a new "social credit score" system that would rank people based on their online behavior to crack down on anyone who strays from its ruling Communist Party, reports CBS News correspondent Seth Doane.

Just this week, a prominent human rights lawyer went on trial in China for social media posts that criticized the ruling party. The lawyer faces up to eight years in prison for his...

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Secret Service agent under investigation for social media ...

The Secret Service is investigating comments by a senior agent who suggested she would not take a bullet for President Trump.

The Secret Service led security efforts around the inauguration and is tasked with protected elected officials, both Republican and Democrat, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues. But the agency is conducting an internal investigation into the social media statements of an agent who suggested she wouldn't put her life on the line for President Trump.

According to a new report by the Washington Examiner , Kerry O'Grady, special agent in charge of the Secret Service's Denver district,...

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