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Google tracks consumers across products, users can’t opt out
Google has already been collecting some of this information. But for the first time, it is combining data across its Web sites to stitch together a fuller portrait of users.» Soros Mouthpiece Calls On Google To Police “Conspiracy Theories” Alex Jones
Stanford scholar wants search engines to flag global warming, vaccine skepticism as thought crimes Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Anti-vaccine activists, 9/11 deniers, and Google’s social search
Andrew Wakefield, the British doctor who popularized the current anti-vaccination movement Photograph by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.At a behind-closed-doors meeting facilitated by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, copyright holders have handed out a list of demands to Google, Bing and Yahoo.
Copyright Industry Calls For Broad Search Engine Censorship
Google Privacy Changes Raise Major Concerns, Possible Antitrust Complaint
Yesterday afternoon, Alma Whitten, Google's Director of Privacy, posted a blog entry stating that the company is preparing a major overhaul and simplification of its various privacy policies.
Is it all downhill for Torrific? - Blackhat SEO Esrun
September 30, 2011 on 7:12 am | 10 Comments Update: Torrific ceased operations (scroll to bottom for full update).
Is RapidShare Next on The Piracy Chopping Block? – Tech Thursday - Q 103 - Albany's #1 Rock Station
Just a little more than 24 hours after the sound thumping that the SOPA and PIPA bills got online and the subsequent tabling of them in Congress, file locker website MegaUpload was shutdown by the U.S.
There's been near nuclear fallout from federal prosecutors shuttering of Megaupload, the file-sharing service accused of costing the entertainment industry $500 million in lost revenues. It's estimated that shutting down Megaupload's family of websites, which are accused of hosting massive amounts of copyrighted files, affected 1% of all Internet traffic. The feds are seeking the forfeiture of $175 million from Megaupload's flamboyant founder, Kim Dotcom; sympathetic hacker coalition Anonymous has since launched online attacks against the RIAA, MPAA, and Justice Department; and file-sharing and cloud services from FileSonic to Dropbox are wondering what this could mean for the industry. On Tuesday, we caught up with RapidShare attorney and spokesman Daniel Raimer. RapidShare is one of the world's most popular file-hosting sites, and many have wondered whether the site could be next on the feds' list of targets.
RapidShare Attorney: If We're Shut Down Like Megaupload, Then YouTube, Dropbox, Apple's iCloud Are Next
Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block The Pirate Bay
Two large ISPs in the Netherlands have said they will not be blocking subscriber access to The Pirate Bay, as demanded by the Hollywood supported anti-piracy outfit BREIN.Europe Weighs a Tough Law on Online Privacy and User Data
Tomasz Gzell/European Pressphoto AgencyAs the Guardian reports, the Thai government has become the first nation in the world to publicly endorse Twitter’s choice to censor certain types of messages in certain countries. In this case, that would mean censoring messages that fall afoul of the kingdom’s draconian lèse-majesté laws , which have been used increasingly harshly in recent years – most recently, against an underage college student and an elderly man with cancer. He allegedly sent four text messages insulting the king, and was given twenty years in jail, even though the government couldn't prove he had actually sent the messages. The decision isn't a major shock for Thailand; the governments of both the previous Democrat party and even the current Puea Thai party have been pouring ever-more resources into hunting for online content supposedly defaming the king.
Thailand Tries Twitter Censorship | ASEAN Beat
Twitterers have a message: Tomorrow, turn off the tweets.
Twitter Boycott Planned To Protest Twitter's Censorship Plan
TWO pals were barred from entering the US after innocent tweets joking about “destroying America” were picked up by the country’s anti-terror cops.