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Annotated Digital Culture Links: July 5th 2009

Links for June 30th 2009 through July 5th 2009:

• Tories 'distressed' Facebook blew MI6 cover [ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)] - "Opposition politicians in Britain have raised concerns about security after a newspaper revealed that personal information about the newly-appointed head of Foreign Intelligence Service MI6 had been posted on Facebook. Sir John Sawers' wife's Facebook page had no privacy protection, allowing anyone to see photos of him playing frisbee on a beach or posing dressed as Santa. Also exposed was information about the couple's children, their flat and high profile-friendships." (Could their be a more timely reminder about the importance of using privacy settings carefully, even with Facebook's immensely confusing privacy controls?)
• Twitter your Flickr [Flickr Blog] - You can now Twitter your Flickr pictures with one click. Really, is there anything you can't put in your Twitterstream these days?
• China cracks down on virtual cash [BBC NEWS | Technology] - "Cash earned in games in China can no longer be spent on real world goods. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce policy aims to limit the impact of game currencies on real-world markets. In the future, any cash earned by Chinese gamers can only be spent to acquire items or equipment in that particular game. The move is widely seen as a crackdown on so-called "gold farming" in which players amass virtual money and then sell it to other players for real cash."