Proposals for a default block on internet pornography have been criticised as impractical and potentially counterproductive by technology experts and civil liberties campaigners, setting them at loggerheads with groups such as the NSPCC ahead of a potentially stormy government consultation. David Cameron announced last week that the government would consult on methods to improve online [...]
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Raditaz Improves Its Internet Radio User Experience, Partners With LyricFind
GLASTONBURY, CT, May 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Raditaz, pioneering the future of Internet radio, today upgraded its service, with emphasis on the overall user experience. The company also announced a partnership with LyricFind to display song lyrics and other artist information to Raditaz users. Raditaz also introduced several specific new features including song [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How Azerbaijan Demonizes the Internet To Keep Citizens Offline
Over the past few years, the Azerbaijani government has waged an aggressive media campaign against the Internet. Social media has become synonymous with deviance, criminality, and treason. Television programs show lsquo;lsquo;family tragedies and lsquo;lsquo;criminal incidents after young people join Facebook and Twitter. In March 2011, the countrys chief psychiatrist proclaimed that social media users suffer [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Internet Censorship: You Can’t Play Wolfenstein 3D in Germany
I was overjoyed to see that Wolfenstein 3D has been released again as a free to play browser version. I was less pleased to find out that as I’m in Germany I am not able to actually play it. It’s an interesting reminder that this World Wide Web isn’t quite all as worldwide as we [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How Should Parents Address Internet Pornography?
May 11, 2012, 5:01 am How Should Parents Address Internet Pornography? By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK and KATHERINE SCHULTEN
Read the rest of this entry »FBI warns travelers of cyber attacks while abroad
The FBI says hackers are targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while theyre trying to establish a connection in their hotel rooms. The FBIs Internet Crime Complaint Center, or the IC3, issued the warning this week. Here is what the center had to say: QUICK LINK: Hotel Check-Ins Front Page Recently, there have been instances [...]
Read the rest of this entry »USDA seeks change to regulate Internet pet sales
1 day ago Dog breeders who skirt animal welfare laws by selling puppies over the Internet would face tighter scrutiny under a rule change proposed Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The change would subject dog owners who breed more than four females and sell the puppies electronically, by mail or over the phone [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Internet sensation, Marilyn Hagerty, speaks about her new fame
Published March 10, 2012, 04:57 PM Internet Sensation Marilyn Hagerty Speaks about New Fame Grand Forks, ND (WDAY TV) — The internet sensation, Marilyn Hagerty has taken the web by storm and now, the national airwaves. By: Melanie Orlins, WDAZ, WDAY
Read the rest of this entry »Kony 2012 Campaign Shines Light on the Nature of Internet Activism
Have you heard of Joseph Kony? Youre reading a blog on the Internet, arent you? Then of course you have. For the three of you who are somehow reading this scrawled on the wall underneath the rock you call home, Ill break it down for you quick: Joseph Kony is a bad dude from Uganda. He [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Internet privacy a growing concern, Pew finds
Americans are using online search engines, especially Google, more than ever before, but an increasing number worry that the tracking of their online activities is an invasion of privacy, according to a new study released Friday. The Pew Internet American Life Project found that 73 percent of users said they would not be OK with [...]
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