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Could Internet filtering cause more harm than good?

A rational blog from ZackA welcome surprise, but perhaps for once, in your area of expertise ;-)You've made some good points. Pedophilia is nothing new and before the Internet pictures, magazines, videos and films were used instead. Just as criminal, just as prosecuted, as are a number of...

Tags: Internet, Internet Filtering, government

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Was 4chan block about censorship, security or net neutrality?

Was 4chan block about censorship, security or net neutrality?tens of thousands of DoS attacks are blocked every dayDana, you need to get your facts straight. DailyKos isn't exactly an authority figure on this and he even admitted to jumping the gun on the story like so many other people.The...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, Cyberthreats, Net Neutrality, security, censorship

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Outrage in aftermath of China's YouTube censorship

Outrage in aftermath of China's YouTube censorshipThey're much worse."As for human rights the US is no better either."The fact that we can have this conversation at all is a testament that we are far better at human rights. The Chinese people can't even talk about this."Police in the US abuse...

Tags: Vertical industries, government, censorship, YouTube Inc., life form

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

News to know: HP, Detroit, Obama, Wiki Censorship, Netbooks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retire Harry Fuller: Detroit may get some money Sam Diaz: Obama: "It...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Censorship, Hewlett-Packard Co., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Obama, Groklaw, Games, Wiki, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Personal Technology, Online Communications, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-08

Students and the Internet censorship problem

Internet censorship is control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the Internet. The legal issues are similar to offline censorship, and the controversy will naturally erupt once a government steps in. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Censorship, Zack Whittaker, Internet Censorship, Pages, Internet

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Chinese censorship: to protect 'healthy growth of our youth'

Chinese censorship: to protect 'healthy growth of our youth'Chinese CensorshipThe Chinese government wants open wallets but not open minds.Unfortunatelywhat also went out of fashion in the 60s was an understanding of Communists, such that you actually think that American censorship in the 50s to reflect community values and Chinese Communist...

Tags: INTERNET, Chinese Government, censorship, Chinese Censorship, youth

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Chinese censorship: to protect 'healthy growth of our youth'

In the U.S., the notion of censoring information broadly in order to protect has been out of fashion since the early 1960s. So we can position China's ethical development on this spectrum as at least 50 years behind the times, right? Here's China's defense of its Internet censorship during the...

Tags: china, international olympic committee, youth, censorship, games, internet, personal technology, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-08-11

On eve of Olympics, Internet companies agree to code of conduct

Internet companies have reached agreement on a voluntary code of conduct for doing business in China and other repressive countries, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced yesterday. “I commend Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and other participants for agreeing on the principles of an internet freedom code of conduct,”...

Tags: Google Inc., Censorship, Yahoo! Inc., Agreement, Code Of Conduct, Internet, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Facebook censorship; Twitter raises another $15 million; Facebook's pending redesign

Facebook censorship; Twitter raises another $15 million; Facebook's pending redesignSystem allowing messaging between peopleI've got a great idea for a system that lets you send messages, uncensored, between friends.It's called PGP-signed e-mail.VC money, please.Kirkpatrick needs a dictionary and a lawbook1. The concept of censorship only applies to what a government...

Tags: Facebook, Kirkpatrick, censorship, Twitter

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Bill would penalize companies that aid net censorship

Bill would penalize companies that aid net censorshipThis is nonsense ...Any company wanting to do business anywhere in the world has to abide by the laws of that nation. We cannot imposed the First Amendment on the Chinese Government any more than they can imposed censorship on us. ...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, censorship

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Will the Internet remain neutral?

Will the Internet remain neutral?Let the sheeple read their daily gossipbut for goodness sake don't stop us techie types from pushing the boundaries which creates new technologies.I think creation forces are as big as market forces in the internet arena. It's not like there's just this one product in the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), market-force, censorship, Internet, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Google's proxy: Internet censorship; Schmidt's security detail

Google filed its proxy statement with the SEC on Tuesday and detailed an attempt to get the search giant to stand up to Internet censorship abroad. Google recommended shareholders vote against the effort. The Internet censorship proposal was raised by the Office of the Comptroller of New...

Tags: Shareholder, Security, Google Inc., Censorship, Internet, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-25

So the net routes around censorship? Tell it to China

So the net routes around censorship? Tell it to ChinaEver talk to a Chinese student?Talk to someone actually in China, particularly younger people. The "Great Firewall of China" is considered a joke by most people I've talked to, and in practice appears more like brownouts then any effective censorship organ....

Tags: INTERNET, net route, censorship, Chinese People

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

So the net routes around censorship? Tell it to China

China has succeeded in blocking the flow of news about its crackdown on Tibetan protesters â€" at least in China. While Western news outlets are getting information out to the rest of the world, many Chinese remain in the dark. (This photo is of Tsezin Totsang (a 32-year old male...

Tags: China, Censorship, Tibet, Internet, Blogging, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-18

WikiLeaks Not Shut Down

WikiLeaks has not been shut down. It's more available than ever. I had not intended on commenting about this story. I have seen it and seen it, ever since the Web was spun. Local government tries to suppress something, data gets routed offshore. Chinese...

Tags: Censorship, Judge, News, WikiLeaks, Web Site Development, Government, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Chinese dogowner's lawsuit may signal resistance to censorship

It might be a sign that Chinese citizens are increasingly unwilling to submit to government censorship. A dog owner is taking on government officials by filing suit over their censorship of his blog post, The Washington Post reports. "It is so funny that people...

Tags: China, Lawsuit, Censorship, Dog Owner, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-26

Advocacy groups in war of words over need to investigate Comcast's alleged BitTorrent throttling

Just a little while ago, I received an email from MoveOn.org, with their reaction to a letter that the Hands Off the Internet coalition sent to FCC Chair Kevin Martin on Wednesday, requesting that the regulatory body investigate Comcast's possible throttling of Bit Torrent traffic. First, to...

Tags: FCC, Censorship, BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., MoveOn.org, AT&T Corp., Internet, Federal Government, Government, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Australia pushes further Web censorship

Australia pushes further Web censorshipAnd coming soon...to America, courtesy of the Bush Administration, IF they have their way.RE: Australia pushes further Web censorshipI didn't know that Australia was the new China. Nothing on the internet should be blocked by a government. That's something that Hitler would do.RE: Australia...

Tags: INTERNET, Channel management, Homeland security, Web censorship, censorship, Web

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

AT&T censors Pearl Jam, sparking up net neutrality debate

What does Pearl Jam have to do with net neutrality? After AT&T censored a supposedly live webcast of a Pearl Jam concert, in which Eddie Vedder tossed off a couple of anti-Bush ad libs during a cover of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," the band complained bitterly not...

Tags: Censorship, Webcast, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-07

NY police commissioner: 'Internet is the new Afghanistan'

NY police commissioner: 'Internet is the new Afghanistan'I agreeMan this guy is on top of things! Free expression and individual rights are defiantly problems. When people have the ability to share ideas and express them selfs they sometimes come up with ideas that go against the mainstream. What we really...

Tags: Homeland security, censorship, terrorism, Internet, INTERNET IS, tower, 9/11 commission

Discussion threads 2007-08-15