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Unlike sexist posts
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
After weeks of protests and online campaigning against violence and hate speech, Facebook has bowed down and agreed to review its flawed content policies.
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Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
>> The Cuban government has said it will soon offer broader Internet access through 118 outlets around the country, although it will maintain restrictions for access at home. At present, unrestricted access to Internet is available only to select institutions, professionals and luxury hotels catering to tourists.
Green Internet
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Vignettes from our natural world
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2013
THE world’s “environmental emergency” is providing inspiration for a growing movement of artists whose work focusing on habitats and social issues aims to raise awareness. This site is one of them. Actually, it is much more than artwork, though the site’s moniker and the striking images on its home page could lead a reader to overlook its text content. That would be a pity, for the images preface rich textual information.
In censor’s web
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2013
Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has blocked the most popular software used by millions of Iranians to bypass an elaborate official Internet filtering system, stepping up a campaign to gain control over the way the Internet is used.
Look who’s watching
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2013
Google representatives have been asked to appear before European data protection officials over concerns about the way the site collects data on web users. The date for the inquisition has, however, not been fixed.
Chinese checkers
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2013
Two major US newspapers have alleged that they have been targeted by Chinese hackers. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have reported that hackers from China broke into their websites in the midst of both papers doing extensive reporting on China. The New York Times claimed the hackers obtained passwords for its reporters. Both papers said Chinese spying has become a “widespread phenomenon”.
Celebrating new media
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2013
TECHNOLOGY and the Net are changing the ways of politics. On the one hand, the Internet facilitates protest, and on the other, authoritarian regimes clamp down on it. More people are discovering the power of the Internet.
Members expect a say in the decision-making process of the networked organisations they join. Readers want to talk back to the news-makers. Citizens are insisting on more transparency from government and corporations.
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Issue Date: Feb 15, 2013
>> Chinese security researchers have discovered a botnet running on the smartphones of more than a million users in the country. The devices had been infected by a Trojan-based attack first discovered in 2011, Xinhua reported. The botnet can allow the phones to be hijacked remotely.
