Google?s approach to government requests for user data from The Official Google Blog by A Googler Today, January 28, is Data Privacy Day, when the world recognizes the importance of preserving your online privacy and security. If it?s like most other days, Google?like many companies that provide online services to users?will receive dozens of letters, … Read more
Pirate Bay to Anonymous: DDoS is censorship, cut it out from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow A good-tempered rebuke from The Pirate Bay to the Anons who staged a raid on Virgin Media in protest of the ISP’s participation in blocking The Pirate Bay for its customers: More Americans Worried About Cybarmegeddon Than Terrorism, Study … Read more
Erkan’s Field Diary has a growth in visit numbers recently. It maybe due to this fact or my personal attempts but in any case blogging seems to be back: After Blogging Died It?s Booming Again? from Daily Blog Tips by Daniel Scocco If you have been following the news about new media and blogging you … Read more
The FBI file of Steven Paul Jobs from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Path Controversy Renews Social Media Privacy Debate from Mashable! by Peter Pachal Still No Pardon for Alan Turing; Watch the Film Breaking the Code from Open Culture by Mike Springer This week the British Government once again refused to pardon Alan … Read more
Dear Hollywood: An Open Letter to the Hardworking Men and Women in the Entertainment Industries from EFF.org Updates by parker Dear Hollywood, You don?t need us to tell you that your position on anti-“piracy” laws has been unpopular recently. Last month?shistoric protests, with millions of Americans registering their opposition, have made that point pretty clear. … Read more
Twitter’s Tough Balancing Act from social media vb by jkim Twitter users everywhere are reacting to the news, and I’ve read several articles taking stance on the latest decision by Twitter. They ranged from good to really bad, and you can find plenty of examples a last couple of days. After sleeping on Twitter censorship … Read more
Twitter caves to global censorship, will block content on country-specific basis as required by Xeni Jardin EFF: “What Does Twitter?s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression?” by Xeni Jardin What Does Twitter?s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression? from EFF.org Updates by eva Yesterday, Twitter announced in a blog post … Read more
Anonymous Targets Facebook For A January 28 Attack [UPDATED] from All Facebook by David Cohen Hacktivist group Anonymous may have Facebook in its cross hairs for an attack at midnight January 28, no time zone specified. This potentially makes the social network the latest victim in Anonymous? path of destruction since file-sharing service Megaupload was … Read more
New Report: Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites Social media use has become so pervasive in the lives of American teens that having a presence on a social network site is almost synonymous with being online. Fully 95% of all teens ages 12-17 are now online and 80% of those online teens are … Read more
Advertisers Announce Boycott of UK Tabloid on Twitter by Todd Wasserman MAIN FOCUS: Hacking scandal compromises Murdoch | 08/07/2011 from euro|topics Rupert Murdoch’s US-based concern News Corp on Thursday announced the closure of the British tabloid News of the World. Journalists on the newspaper have been accused among other things of hacking into the telephones … Read more
How Social Media Helps Journalists Break News from Social Media Examiner by Rich Brooks Civic Disobedience and the Arab Spring from …My heart’s in Accra by Ethan I spent the past two days in Cambridge, primarily around MIT, and almost exclusively talking about the ?Arab Spring? and what we?ve learned about social media and protest … Read more
Paul Virilio Cyberwar, God And Television: Interview with Paul Virilio from Continental Philosophy by Farhang Erfani Louise Wilson: First of all, I?d like to say that I approach your work as a visual artist. What?s Better than an ?Internet Kill Switch?? Regular Security Updates from EFF.org Updates by chris The US government is deliberating about … Read more
WikiLeaks Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize from Mashable! by Lauren Indvik A member of the Parliament of Norway says he has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Snorre Valen, a member of the Socialist Left party, announced his decision to nominate the whistle-blowing organization on his blog. A Nobel Peace Prize for Assange? … Read more
Teens Turn to Social Coding to Protect Privacy on Social Nets from MediaShift In certain teen social circles, it’s considered a subtle act of arrogance, a signifier of the loner, to use a solo photo of yourself for your Facebook profile. Digital natives may have earned their reputation as the “entitlement generation,” but apparently there … Read more
Global Publics Embrace Social Networking Computer and Cell Phone Usage Up Around the World Another report: Generations 2010 by Kathryn Zickuhr Generation Y Likes Facebook More Than Television from All Facebook by Jackie Cohen If you have deja vu seeing statistics like these, join the club: Some 81 percent of affluent Generation Y adults logs … Read more