I am pleased to announce that I have been awarded a Science & Society Dissertation Improvement Grant from the Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation. This grant will support my dissertation research of the value…
Category: Platforms
Amnesty Blasts Google, Microsoft, Yahoo
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have undermined the rights of Chinese to freedom of expression through their actions in China, according to Amnesty International."All three companies have, in one way or another, facilitated or colluded in the practice of censorship in…
YouTube’s new policy says “we own your content”
Recalling past issues surrounding MySpace's terms of service claiming ownership of user's uploaded content, it appears YouTube has updated their TOS with similar language. See the discussion at BoingBoing.
Spatial Data Privacy and the Law
The geospatial technology magazine, Directions Magazine, has an interesting article noting the growing privacy concerns facing the spatial technology industry, and the lack of legal guidance as to how the industry should protect a person's personally identifiable spatial (PIS) data.…
Emily of the State, your friendly Internet surveillance avatar
The Canadian comedy troupe Cynically Tested has posted an Internet short on YouTube featuring "Emily of the State," a satirical look at how ISPs could enable government surveillance of one's online activities through a "helpful" avatar, Emily: YouTube - Emily…
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MySpace users pics hijacked
A pretty simple example of how your personal information can be scrubbed from social sites, a teen finds out that someone stole her MySpace photos for use on their own profile: Katie got a call from a friend who stumbled…
FlickrInspector Helps you Mine Flickr’s Data
FlickrInspector is a new tool to help make amateur data-mining of Web 2.0 more efficient. Enter a Flickr username, user ID, or email, and FlickrInspector gives you all the "publicly available" information on that Flickr user, including "interestingness", recently uploaded…
Google – Behind the Screen
I just finished watching a new Dutch (for Australian TV) documentary called "Google - Behind the Screen". It provides a brief glimpse into the culture and technology behind Google, with interviews of Marissa Mayer, Vint Cerf and Google Earth and…
Tracking Web Users with ClickTale
Fellow PhD student Alice Marwick blogs about TechCrunch's coverage of ClickTale, the latest in website surveillance tools: ClickTale shows you the full story: every mouse movement, every click and every scrolling action. By using ClickTale you will gain insights that…
San Francisco Investigates AT&T, but what about Google?
The City of San Francisco is investigating AT&T's alleged cooperation with the NSA wiretapping and considering possible "consequences" the company could face in its extensive municipal contracts if it is found violating the civil liberties of the city's citizens. Meanwhile,…
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