The US government’s proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, and its sister bill, the Protect IP Act, are due to be debated again in Congress this January having been initially, and controversially, submitted at the end of last year. For those …
Update: New report on Facebook's stance on racist hate groups
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I’ve just read a new report by Dr. Andre Oboler (a web 2.0 and hate speech specialist) available online concerning Facebook’s recent responses (and lack of them) to groups which promote anti-semitism and Holocaust denial on its social network. We …
Facebook is old enough to start taking more responsibility for its online content
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Thus far i’ve largely been amused by Facebook’s attempts to censor offensive content on its network – in particular the banning of images of women breastfeeding was perhaps the most oddly conservative of all, and indeed the social network’s over-enthusiasm …
