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The Internet in Society: Empowering or Censoring Citizens?

by on November 12, 2011 at 6:54 pm · Filed under animation, censorship, commerce, cyberactivism, cyberutopian, digital captives, digital renegades, Evgeny Morozov, governance, Internet, InternetPod, participation, privacy, RSA, surveillance, youth

From the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA):

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AFP: Estonia to boost web surveillance after Norway attack

by on August 30, 2011 at 12:33 pm · Filed under cyberwar, Estonia, governance, Internet, link, NATO, norway, security, surveillance, terrorism

“At the moment one thing is clear — as a preventive measure we plan to increase the capacity of Internet monitoring so we can pick up information from the Internet about possible attack plans or anything that can jeopardise internal security,” he told AFP.

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CNET: Geo-privacy bills aim to curb warrantless tracking

by on July 31, 2011 at 9:41 pm · Filed under civil liberties, geo-privacy, governance, gps, Internet, link, location, mobility, privacy, security, surveillance

> From the article: “Police would no longer be able to conduct warrantless surveillance of Americans’ whereabouts, according to legislation introduced today that would require search warrants to monitor the locations of cars or mobile devices.”

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CNET News: House panel approves broadened ISP snooping bill

by on July 31, 2011 at 6:41 pm · Filed under children, civil liberties, congress, governance, Internet, isp, link, police, pornography, privacy, safety, security, surveillance, youth

> From the article: Bill would force ISPs to keep logs of customers’ activities for 1yr in case police want to review them … to make it politically difficult to oppose, proponents named the bill the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act

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HuffingtonPost: Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg Says Anonymity Online ‘Has To Go Away’

by on July 28, 2011 at 2:42 pm · Filed under anonymity, bullying, facebook, Google, Internet, link, privacy, surveillance

> From Ms. Zuckerberg: “I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away … People behave a lot better when they have their real names down. … I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors.

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