More businesses are restricting employees’ access to Facebook due to concerns about productivity and security. CNET News quotes research by security company Sophos which says that 43 percent of workers polled said their employer blocks Facebook access completely. There’s been a rash of such reporting in recent weeks focusing on the premise that social networking […]

 First it was Second Life that came under a microscope of criticism from the mainstream media questioning its business value. Now it’s the turn of social networking site Facebook. If a report from Australia is to be believed, Facebook costs Australian businesses AUS$5 billion a year in lost productivity. From the Sydney Morning Herald: […] […]