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Iceland drafts Internet porn ban, EU considers "self-regulated" approach

Iceland drafts Internet porn ban, EU considers "self-regulated" approach
  • Posted March 7, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • The European Parliament is mulling over a proposal brought forth by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality which, amongst other things, calls for a self-regulating ban on all forms of pornography in the "media". Parliamentary member Christian Engstrom…

Google exec pushes North Korea for open web, smartphones

Google exec pushes North Korea for open web, smartphones
  • Posted January 10, 2013, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Mobile Computing
  • Google Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt completed his controversial but brief sojourn to North Korea, describing it as a private visit "to talk about the free and open Internet" and as a "private humanitarian mission." North Korea is an…

YouTube offers face blurring in one click

YouTube offers face blurring in one click
  • Posted July 18, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Heeding input from human rights activists and this 2011 Cameras Everywhere report, YouTube has added a feature which aims to protect the privacy of individuals involved in controversial video footage. The new feature, "Blur All Faces", now appears in YouTube's…

Vint Cerf: Internet access is not a human right

Vint Cerf: Internet access is not a human right
  • Posted January 6, 2012, 1:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • One of the fathers of the internet, Vinton Cerf, widely known for creating the TCP/IP protocol took the opportunity in a recent NYT article to dismiss the idea that the internet is a civil or human right, saying that some people are…

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