The Next Threat to Online Privacy and Freedom - Data Retention To voice your opposition against H.R.the Data Retention bill, visit the Electronic Freedom Foundation’s Don’t Let Congress Order Internet Companies to Spy on You page.
Web 2.0 played a vital role in organizing and coordinating protests in the Middle East, demonstrating the powerful role of online communication channels in spreading freedom of information, in turn changing the political landscape.
As SEMPO puts it, the web functions "much more like the press than it is like a factory," and regulation here would constitute censorship – thus violating the freedom of the press. And here in our Western democracy, freedom of the press is a...
Today is World Press Freedom Day 2011 - Google Public Policy Blog Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web. Search Industry News Viacom Takes A Final Shot At YouTube - paidContent
Though freedom-of-expression provisions of Spanish law protect newspapers, legal gazettes and other publishers from government censors, the Spanish data regulator contends the protections don't extend to Internet search engines like Google," the...
US To Host World Press Freedom Day: WikiLeaks, Pentagon Papers Similarities Keynote? During a week when censorship of WikiLeaks' publishing of US government cables is being discussed and people suggest the founder Julian Assange be killed, UNESCO...
During a week when censorship of WikiLeaks' publishing of US government cables is being discussed and people suggest the founder Julian Assange be killed, UNESCO announced the US will host World Press Freedom Day next year.
This dilution of what is actually covered is where we risk our freedom. Pay-Per-Freedom? Writing press releases for various companies or politicians? Yet if they would take a moment to think about it, they may see how the limited future of...
Freedom of speech and press behavior: This may be censorship or it may be a cultural dislike of something. The power of the press can be a huge factor, especially as online newspapers often run search engines -- for instance in Poland.
Discrimination And Infringement To Freedom Of Access To Public Information? In a statement issued when The Time Online's articles were pulled out of the web, NewsNow accused News International of "undermining freedom of access to public information...
That's why the President answered the way he did in a town hall in Shanghai about the importance of that freedom," said Gibbs.via Mashable We support Google's action in a decision to no longer censure searches that happen using the Google platform...
Knowing that social media users rely on the general freedom afforded the Web, the Obama camp smartly appealed to their base by introducing a chief technology officer position to the president's cabinet.
Google, Yahoo Speaking More Freely on Click Fraud- With many legal restrictions behind them, the search engines are enjoying their newfound freedom to share details of their click fraud-fighting efforts.
We believe that more information means more choice, more freedom and ultimately more power for people," said Nathan Stoll, product manager for Google News. Google News gets more press mentions than other news search engines.
The new Yahoo International Fellowship will be aimed at journalists from countries where there are restrictions on freedom of the press, either by governmental agencies or other forces, said James Bettinger, director of the
The World Association of Newspapers groups 72 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 100 nations, 13 news agencies, and nine regional press organizations, representing .more than publications in all international...
Yet freedom of speech is a beautiful thing. This is true for some of the more vocal bloggers who express opinion on who they think should be fired at a particular firm or when Ballmer's shirt is all wrong for a press conference.
press freedom? Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged separately: From The SEW Blog. Daily SearchCast, June 16, 2006: Bill Gates Stepping Back At Microsoft; Eric...
press freedom? Today's search podcast covers Microsoft chairman Bill Gates giving up his chief software architect role and going part time in two years; Google CEO Eric Schmidt talking on big issues; Yahoo damned over censorship in China (but were...
Reporters Without Borders, an advocacy group, conducted tests by querying ten "politically-sensitive keywords" including press freedom or human rights. Wired News reports that Yahoo China is the strictest at censoring out politically sensitive...
