Facebook messages and Twitter direct messages count as emails and are therefore legal.
It took more than six seconds to open our direct messages and another four to see if we had any new mentions.
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The launch screen features three main buttons -- Friends Timeline, Replies, and Direct Messages -- set in front of a cartoon-style city skyline.
"We look forward to giving Mr Timerman some very direct messages on the unacceptability of Argentina's actions against the Falkland Islands in recent years, " it said.
The 679 government requests Twitter has already complied with this year likely asked for identifying private information such as email addresses, direct messages and deleted tweets, too.
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"They can then send what's called direct messages, " he said.
If we don't object now to the unfettered surveillance of our social-media communications, the next step could be the government's reading of our direct messages on Facebook and Twitter.
These violations include, but aren't limited to, a privacy issue with private Direct Messages longer than 140 characters, trademark infringement, and changing the content of users' Tweets in order to make money.
For non-celebrities, the more common source of fake followers are spam bots which follow users in order to elicit a reciprocal follow, which then allows them to send spammy, direct messages to the Tweeter.
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On providing access to old tweets and direct messages: He says they hear it all the time that people want to be able to access old tweets and DMs, but they have to prioritize the work.
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During the week that Lehman Brothers fell, most financial firms posted messages on their websites that included videos of the CEO or letters from upper management that discussed the financial health of their firms but offered few direct messages to clients, Corporate Insight noted.
The tabs along the top make it very easy to view your friends timeline, mentions, direct messages and even popular topics, and including a picture in your tweet is as simple as selecting the camera icon (you can also view tweeted pictures in the app).
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The messages direct users to Wink's Web site, where they can sign up for a year's free subscription.
Microblogging allows employees to send direct and broadcast messages to each other, similar in concept to Twitter but within the company.
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Sure, Charlie Sheen is using it to deliver messages direct to fans in his court of public opinion case vs.
Mechanisms in place in Facebook's system and in Google's search engine can look for suicidal messages and direct people to help.
For example, with messages, why click off to Google Talk or Google Voice when you can send Facebook messages (or text messages) direct through Facebook?
Similarly, Facebook and Twitter send login credentials over a secure line and then revert to an unsecure protocol. (Users of those social networks can add an "s" after "http" to force the systems to encrypt their browsing.) Social networking sites are where people increasingly conduct private conversations, whether through Facebook's Messages or Twitter's Direct Message feature.
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Another used Twitter contacts to direct customers into another channel like email or private Twitter messages where they can be more open and communicative.
Phishing attacks involve messages that look like they come from a bank or other organisation and direct people to a website that mimics the real thing.
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