Over the last few weeks there has been concern after concern – some of them legal challenges – being put forward by privacy advocates and social media experts – with even a few higher profile ones quitting the social network in protest and some advocating a mass-termination of accounts on May 31st. But what’s the alternative and how can this evil empire be stopped?
What do we want to be?
Tag Archive: freedom
Google conviction sparks debate over internet freedom
I’ve had a few posts recently that revolve around multi-national technology giant Google, both for positive and negative reasons, and today’s news has once again brought the company right into the ethical spotlight. An Italian judge has convicted three Google executives and given each a six-month suspended sentence because of a video of an autistic boy being bullied that was uploaded onto Google’s video service in 2006.
Site of the Week: Wikileaks
Wikileaks is an exercise in decentralised information gathering, not vulnerable to the attacks of vested interests and open to all who wish to post important leaked documents or to act as whistleblowers.
Australian Government continues to fund Exclusive Brethren “cult”
ABC News in Australia is today reporting that the current government continues to provide funding for schools run by a controversial religious movement called the Exclusive Brethren.
Average of 1,500 surveillance requests made each day in the UK
If you are still one of the few individuals doubting that the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a surveillance state, a recent report from the Interception of Communications Commissioner, Paul Kennedy, may just make you change your mind.
