In today’s abbreviated Quick Hits, we talk about Google’s possible redesign for search, share some interesting new stats on kids and social media, and discuss the inefficacy of the U.K. “super-injunction.”
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Google Experimenting with Search Redesign
Despite unprecedented growth from Facebook and other social media websites, Google is still the king when it comes to accessing information on the Internet. And one way the company intends to stay on top is by keeping things fresh. This article from Mashable offers details of Google’s most recent redesign, which it is currently testing with a small set of users. The new look offers more space between search results and divides them with a thin dotted line.
Survey: More Parents Allowing Young Children Online
A new Reuters article reveals that, “despite age restrictions on some social media sites, the number of U.S. parents who would allow children 10-12 years old to have a Facebook or MySpace account has doubled in a year,” according to Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project. The percentage of parents was still small — only 17% — but it is more than double the 8% from the previous year’s survey. A clinical psychiatrist quoted in the article describes the change as a “sign of the times,” which, however true, does not mean that it is okay for children to surf the social web with no supervision or education.
Twitter Makes UK “Super-Injunction” Impractical
In the U.K., if you have enough money, you can keep certain information out of the news via a “super-injunction.” However, these super-injunctions, which have been used by celebrities and business moguls to keep certain embarrassing elements of their private life from the media, are increasingly useless thanks to the prevalence of Twitter and other social media websites. This article from BusinessWeek discusses some of the legal hurdles that U.K. citizens face in having their super-injunction enforced in the age of the social web.
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