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Google and Facebook argue over profile data

Last week Google launched a preview release of Friend Connect, which allows site owners to easily add social features to their websites.  According to Google’s press release, a website can get social features up and running immediately without complicated programming by simply adding the Google code.  Visitors to sites using Google Friend Connect will be able to see, invite and interact with new friends, or get authorization to use existing friends from Facebook, Plaxo, LinkedIn and others (but not MySpace).

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EFA launches 'No Internet Censorship for Australia' campaign

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has launched a new website opposing the government’s plans for filtering the Internet, called NoCleanFeed.com.

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McCain campaign launches new YouTube campaign

The McCain campaign has launched a campaign on YouTube called "American Neighbour", which they hope will encourage people to get involved with the campaign in the lead up to the Republican National Convention in November. 

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YouTube launches channel for citizen journalists

The team at YouTube News and Politics have launched a channel for citizen journalists called CitizenNews.  This channel has been created "to bring your news reports, your stories, your work into the spotlight", says Olivia, the new News Manager at YouTube.

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