page_title: Social networking service
section_title: Government applications
hierarchical_section_title: Social networking service / Application domains / Government applications
caption_attribution_description: English: Banner instructing residents not to 'like' or 'share' non-mainstream views (that 'insult the institution', i.e. the monarchy) on social networks under direct threat of prison observed near Chit Lom, Bangkok, Thailand on 2014-06-30. The woman in the picture on the right is Chatwadee Amornpat, known as 'London Rose'. Bahasa Indonesia: Banner menginstruksikan warga untuk tidak 'like' atau 'share' pandangan non-mainstream (yang 'insult the institution', yaitu monarki) di jejaring sosial di bawah ancaman langsung dari penjara yang diamati dekat Chit Lom, Bangkok, Thailand pada 2014-06-30 . Wanita dalam gambar di sebelah kanan adalah Chatwadee Amornpat, yang dikenal sebagai 'London Rose'.
context_page_description: A social networking service is an online platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
  Social networking services vary in format and the number of features. They can incorporate a range of new information and communication tools, operating on desktops and on laptops, on mobile devices such as tablet computers and smartphones. They may feature digital photo/video/sharing and diary entries online. Online community services are sometimes considered social-network services by developers and users, though in a broader sense, a social-network service usually provides an individual-centered service whereas online community services are group-centered. Defined as "websites that facilitate the building of a network of contacts in order to exchange various types of content online," social networking sites provide a space for interaction to continue beyond in person interactions. These computer mediated interactions link members of various networks and may help to both maintain and develop new social and professional relationships
context_section_description: Social networking is more recently being used by various government agencies. Social networking tools serve as a quick and easy way for the government to get the suggestion of the public and to keep the public updated on their activity, however this comes with a significant risk of abuse, for example, to cultivate a culture of fear such as that outlined in Nineteen Eighty-Four or THX-1138.
  The Centers for Disease Control demonstrated the importance of vaccinations on the popular children's site Whyville and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a virtual island on Second Life where people can explore caves or explore the effects of global warming. Likewise, NASA has taken advantage of a few social networking tools, including Twitter and Flickr. The NSA is taking advantage of them all. NASA is using such tools to aid the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, whose goal it is to ensure that the nation is on a vigorous and sustainable path to achieving its boldest aspirations in space.
caption: Banner in Bangkok, observed on June 30, 2014 during the 2014 Thai coup d'état, informing the Thai public that 'like' or 'share' activity on social media could land them in prison
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