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Filipino court unlikely to recognize Facebook libel
News Lawsuit involving damaging status updates made on social networking site won't go far in court because Philippines has no Internet libel law, says lawyer.
Tags: Lawsuits, Local Government, Web 2.0, Philippines, entertainment, sexual orientation, social networking, Facebook, Internet, general manager
Michigan initiates DoubleClick inquiry
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Consumer group blasts DoubleClick in report to FTC
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ACLU chapter flags Facebook app privacy
News Chapter aims to raise awareness of fact that not only can third-party apps on Facebook's platform access your data, they can see some of your friends', too.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security, Privacy, User Data, American Civil Liberties Union, sexual orientation, e-mail, Facebook, spokesman, Northern California
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, Sales, Computer, Advertisement
False workplace gossip can result in company liability
Insight The results of workplace gossip can be disastrous, so managers need to know how to stop it. This answer to a TechRepublic member's question examines the legal and ethical ramifications of allowing gossip to go unchecked.
FAQ: Blogging on the job
News CNET News.com explains the dos and don'ts that could save you from getting fired.
Tags: Web logs
New round of spam suits from AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo
Insight America Online, Microsoft, EarthLink and Yahoo are teaming again to turn up the heat on spammers.
Tags: Spam and phishing
Hostile work environment: A manager's legal liability
Insight Lawsuits involving hostile work environments are increasing every year. As a manager, you can be held liable for cases that happen under your watch. Find out how to keep your workplace free of sexual harassment.
Tech execs: Wake up and smell the spam
Insight Products alone won't win against increasingly nasty junk e-mail; Net users must raise awareness, say tech bigwigs.
Tags: IT Management, Spam and phishing, Spam filtering
Korea clamps down on illegal Net porn
News The local government is is clamping down on obscene materials posted on major Internet portals such as Yahoo Korea, Naver and Daum.
Tags: Web sites, Regulations
Microsoft sues more alleged spammers
News Defendants are accused of failing to label sexually explicit e-mails as required by the federal Can-Spam Act.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Software, Spam filtering
U.S. House passes antispam bill
News The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve antispam legislation that could end more than six years of failed attempts to create a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail.
Ballmer on car insurance and gay rights
News In speech to Stanford grad students, Microsoft CEO says he might have ended up in auto insurance if he hadn't joined buddy Bill Gates.
Tags: Software
