Security & privacy
APCNews 141 – Avoiding cyberstalking, internet rights – 09/05/11
Social empowerment, media literacies and the relevance of Social Media
How spontaneous and public conversation among people who use the internet can be organized as citizen news agencies? Maybe you have a profile on a social media service. If not, for sure you have many friends who are already there talking about themselves, news, music, entertainment and cool things they think you might want to know about.
APCNews 141 – Avoiding cyberstalking, internet rights – 09/05/11
APCNews 141 – Avoiding cyberstalking, interet rights – 09/05/11
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APCNews – May 09 2011 – Year XI Issue 141
The news service on ICTs for social justice and sustainable development
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Freedom on the Net 2011
As part of its 70th anniversary, Freedom House has published its 2011 report on Freedom on the Net.
The publication includes in-depth and detailed country reports on restrictions to internet rights, as well as a global overview of freedom on the internet.
Uganda orders blocking of Facebook, Twitter
Amid mounting protests over fuel and food prices, the Ugandan government called on ISPs to block access to Facebook and Twitter.
A Chinese Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest trip to China appears to have borne fruit. You know — that unidentifiable spiky fruit you just bought at the Chinese grocery store and now you’re not sure which part you’re supposed to eat.
I Can Stalk U - Raising awareness about inadvertent information sharing
The aptly named icanstalku.com attempts to expose the dangers inherent in posting information — in this case pictures — online in a rather unconventional way: the site regularly updates its news feed with individuals’ user names and locations, all gleaned from photos posted to Twitter.
Internet Rights and Principles Coalition publishes its Internet Bill of Rights
The Internet Rights and Principles Coalition officially published its Internet Bill of Rights on March 31st as part of their second expert meeting in Sweden.
Wordpress becomes target of massive DDoS attack
Late last week, the popular hosting service Wordpress had been hit by massive and sustained distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
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