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“User Generated Censorship” Talk at Knight Foundation
NCAC board member Chris Peterson gave an excellent presentation –as part of a MIT Civic Ignite program with the Knight Foundation– on how “user generated censorship” can emerge in social media like Digg and Facebook . Chris’ talk starts at … Continue reading
Posted in Michael ONeil: Author
Tagged Chris Peterson, Digg, facebook, Knight Foundation, MIT, NCAC, Online Censorship, politics, social media
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The Privacy Network
As Facebook continues to dominate the social media sphere, new competitors emerge to challenge the weaknesses apparent in its design. One of the most recent of this breed is the social networking site Pidder. Drawing on fears of data-mining and … Continue reading
Posted in Allegra Simon, Mariel Tavakoli, Rachel Shuman
Tagged facebook, internet, Pidder, privacy, social network, social networking, technology
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Facebook Doesn’t “Like” Nude Art
(image from artinfo.com) It turns out that the enclosure of the World Wide Web into propriety social networks like Facebook has a downside, as the global art community is discovering. Facebook’s censors reviewers have repeatedly disabled accounts for posting images … Continue reading
Posted in Michael ONeil: Author
Tagged art, censorship, cyberspeech, facebook, nudity, origin of the world, social network
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Plano School District Decides Not To Ban Art Textbook
Last week, the Plano Independent School District in Texas decided to pull a humanities textbook that is used by freshmen and sophomores in the district’s gifted and talented program. The book in question, Culture and Values: A Survey of the … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Rozenberg: Author
Tagged art, Birth of Venus, censorship, David, facebook, Plano School District, textbooks
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Song of Solomon Prevails in Franklin Township!
After a long and drawn-out challenge process, this week Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon finally prevailed in Franklin Township! The denouement to this extended drama came down to a special convening of the Franklin Township school board set for this … Continue reading
Website tracks online censorship reports
Having trouble accessing a website? Suspect it might be more than just a faulty connection or technical malfunction? Visit Herdict.org, a website designed to track reports of censored web sites around the world. There, you can report anonymously that a … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Karpen: Author
Tagged facebook, google, Herdict, Herdict.org, internet censorship, twitter, web censorship, youtube
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Facebook Reveals the Corporate Face of the Associated Press
The media never looked more corporate. After reprimanding a reporter for posting a comment critical of the company’s investment decisions, the Associated Press has come out with a new policy governing the use of social networking sites. Among the AP’s … Continue reading
Posted in Beena Ahmad: Author
Tagged employee speech, ethics, ethics code, facebook, journalism, newspapers, press
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Woman sues Facebook over user generated content
Again? Another plaintiff ignores Section 230 of the CDA and sues a website over user generated content SUNY Albany freshman Denise Finkel is suing four former high school classmates, their parents, and Facebook, Inc. over the allegedly defamatory content contained … Continue reading
Posted in Jennifer Liebman: Author
Tagged craigslist, defamation, denise finkel, eric goldman, facebook
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E-condoms = E-ducation
Facebook users now can send e-condoms to their online friends compliments of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In a world of abstinence only education, where many public health departments focus on suppressing information about safe sex, I … Continue reading
