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Berkeley Technology Law Journal olume 23 | Issue 1 Article 26 J anuary 2008 Stranger Danger and the Online Social Network Richard M. Guo Follow this and additional works at : /btlj Recommended Citation Richard M. Guo, Stranger D anger a nd the Online Social Network, 23 Berkeley Tech. L.J . 617 (2008). Available at : /btlj/vol23/iss1/26 Link to publisher version (DOI) http://dx ./doi :10.15779/Z38J69J This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals and Related Materials at Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Berkeley Technology Law Journal by an authorized administrator of Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact jcera@. STRANGER DANGER AND THE ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK By RichardM. Guo The Internet has opened new channels of communication and self-expression. Countless individuals use message boards, date matching sites, interactive social networks, blog hosting services and video sharing websites to make themselves and their ideas visible to the world. While such intermediariesenable the user-driven digitalage, they also create new legalproblems. I. INTRODUCTION As poster children of the recent Web 2.0 movement, social networking services such as MySpace and Facebook redefine and change the way people-in particular, teenagers and young adults-interact. For example, many university campus organizations now advertise by sending invita- tions on Facebook instead of distributing paper fliers. 2 Advertising in this manner is quicker and cheaper. Moreover, invitees on Fa