Pornography
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M'sia to censor Internet content
News Malaysia reportedly has plans to filter pornographic Web sites from being viewed in the country, but denies it will police blogs and other sites.
Tags: Regulations, Politics, Policy and management, Singapore, Malaysia, Government, Agence France-Presse, China, Internet, blog
Websense: Beware user comments online
News Some 95 percent of comments on blogs and message boards are spam or malicious, security firm says, adding that efforts to self-police sites are ineffective.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Security Management, Web 2.0, Web sites, Web logs, Security, Web Page, Site, Internet Security
Green Dam delay: How long will it last?
News Postponement allows Chinese government to finetune initiative and resolve confusion, experts say. One vendor reportedly has started selling PCs with filtering software.
Tags: Business applications, Web sites, Regulations, PC Company, Asia-Pacific, Government, phone, content filtering, China, Internet
Chinese govt to Web firms: No porn allowed
News China has intensified its campaign against sexually-explicit Internet material by instructing companies, including Google, to curb the availability of pornography.
Tags: Politics, Web sites, Search, Pornography, Security, Google Inc., image search, British Broadcasting Corp., blogging, China
US govt sets Internet regulation in motion
News Federal Communications Commission votes unanimously to gather data that will be used to determine regulations to keep the Net open.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Commission, Verizon Communications Inc., network, Republican, Web sites, Regulation, Wireless, Broadband
Is censorship the answer?
Blogs Mention the "c" word in Malaysia these days and all hell breaks loose. Censorship is indeed a highly charged word today,...
China delays rule for Net-screening software
News Beijing postpones a requirement that PC makers preinstall Green Dam software for filtering Internet content. But it may be just a temporary reprieve.
Tags: International governments, Regulations, App servers, World Trade Organization, PC Company, Google Inc., computer, Associated Press, computer company, New York Times Co.
China orders plug for hole in Green Dam
News The Chinese government orders makers of Green Dam censorware to rush out a patch, after researchers discovered gaping security flaws in the program.
Tags: Security applications/tools, University Of Michigan, Web Site, Researcher, China, Censorship Software, general manager, information technology, Security applications/tools, Green Dam Software
US asks China to drop censoring software requirement for PCs
News U.S. trade representative and commerce secretary say in letter to Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the requirement may violate World Trade Organization rules.
Tags: Politics, Spam filtering, Lenovo Group Ltd., monitoring, network security, China, barrier, monitor, company representative, manufacturer
Net traffic down on first day of Swedish antipiracy law
News The same day the new law goes into effect, Internet traffic is down considerably and five audio book publishers go after an alleged illegal file sharer in court.
Tags: Piracy, Software licensing, Traffic, Audio Book, IP, computer, Swedish Publishers, antipiracy, Wi-Fi, Sweden
FCC chairman revises wireless broadband plan
News Kevin Martin has dropped Web filtering for porn from his proposal that would create a free wireless broadband service.
Tags: Cable, Politics, Federal Government, Regulations, Wireless Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Broadband, T-Mobile, chairman
Digital snoops have nothing on Joe sales clerk
News Sure, computers track our online shopping. But for sophisticated surveillance, you can't beat the human being in a brick-and-mortar store.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Yahoo! Inc., Tool, Portal, Grid, sexual orientation, Sales, Computer
Facebook's Holocaust controversy
News Facebook is under fire for allowing Holocaust denial groups to remain on the site, claiming they don't violate the social network's terms of service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web logs, Terms Of Service, Cooper, GROUP, Berkman Center, social networking, Facebook, CEO, Web 2.0
Short Take: Web porn leads to hostile workplace--ruling
News Internet pornography created a hostile workplace for Minnesota librarians under an initial ruling Thursday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Temp staff: A security and legal nightmare?
Insight Temporary workers can threaten network security and cause legal troubles if they are not schooled in an organisation's IT policies.
Tags: Security Management, Human resources
