internet issues

Popular Science magazine will no longer be allowing comments on it's online articles. No doubt the conspiracy nuts, woo peddlers and cranks will be spinning this as either a 'victory' for their nonsense or claiming their 'freedom of speech' is being denied.

Interesting study. Not sure if this is the right sub-forum. The Psychology of the Internet Troll The paper, in textual or video format, can be found at the above link.

I was surprised not to find a thread about this on the forums. While SOPA seems to be beaten to death, ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is apparently very alive. Critics argue ACTA is even worse than SOPA in that it is an international treaty, and is held and negotiated under...

Well, I thought it was funny, then I remembered this is a conspiracy theory. After all, this implies that the media is biased or that the Congress is dominated by corporate interests, and we all know, that's just crazy. I can't wait for PIPA to pass ^_^

It will be down for 24 hours, to protest against SOPA. Read their statement.

Good news. The White House wont be supporting either SOPA or PIPA. Given reason? "While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases...

Many people and Google oppose SOPA as it is currently suggested to be implemented. The contention of many people is that the bill penalizes providers rather than the actual culprits and perpetrators of internet 'piracy'. So as someone who mostly supports the idea of SOPA (that there should be...

Indian courts challenge Facebook, Google content NEW DELHI - US companies Facebook, Google and Yahoo, and other internet firms, have been ordered by two Indian courts to remove material considered religiously offensive, the latest skirmish in a growing battle over website content in the world's...

The Internet is up in arms over it. But honestly most of the comments I get is "Internet being shut down!" "No more youtube!" etc etc. Can someone give a clear and no alarmist view of the bill and what will REALLY do?

Earlier this week the file locker site Mega upload released a promotional music video featuring stars such as Will.i.am and others showing support for the site which the RIAA claims is a haven for scum and villany. Shortly afterwards the video was pulled from Youtube at the request of Universal...

In a recent thread discussing the terrifying liberal plot of using Sesame Street to usher in a Marxist America, the OP provided a link to a website called cnsnews.com. I have to say, reading that site was a real eye-opener. I have several thoughts after reading some of the articles and, even...

Turkish daily Hurriyet is reporting that an evolution education site has been included on a blocking list for users selecting the children's setting on the new government Internet filter. The editor-in -chief of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey argues that this must...

Is this what we want the internet to become? bOE1HFEL8XA Thank goodness for forums such as the JREF were we can interact with our enemies :D Who needs mediocre friends when you can have excellent enemies

...or SOPA, is one of a couple of bills being considered in Congress that would provide legally enforceable methods for blocking access by US citizens to offending websites by preventing the DNS to resolve to the correct host based on IP address. Further, it allows ISPs to pro-actively block...

It would seem so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act#Limits I get this to a large extent, but does anyone else have a problem with the apparent extreme quality of this, ie to allow it as a blank check which disregards all circumstances? eg...

Hello all, I'm having one of those brain-farts where you just can't get your head around something. Hi my name is James and I've never really properly understood Net-Neutrality. THERE. I said it. Can someone please tell me what it means? I know that there is some talk about limiting or...

http://www.indystar.com/article/20110302/LOCAL18/103020335/Judge-Star-IBJ-must-identify-anonymous-poster

My company, which employs about 1,000 people, has strict Internet filters. No Facebook (I'm fighting this with other senior managers), no you tube and so on. I can't access this forum because it's blocked by our net nanny (amazingly I can access Skeptical Community). Even so, we know that...

I just heard that Facebook is worth more than giant Boeing. They are considering going public, so folks can buy into their big bucks. But, how long can Facebook last? Aren't the chances high that something bigger and better will come out in 5 years or so?

On the heels of COICA passing Senate Judiciary Committee we have 70 websites disappear off ICANN. One owner of a disappeared website complained: "My domain has been seized without any previous complaint or notice from any court!” the owner of Torrent-Finder explained TorrentFreak, “I firstly...

Title: Censorship of the Internet Takes Center Stage in "Online Infringement Bill" Author: Richard Esguerra URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/09/censorship-internet-takes-center-stage-online Opinions?

A very good article about the battle between bloggers and the Chinese gov't. It highlights some of the key issues in China: A) Blogging and social/political commentary are rife on the Chinese internet...and very, very popular. B) The Chinese gov't is constantly trying to find ways to...

I went off on one of those youtube trances and watched a whole bunch of videos of firefights and the like in recent Iraq history. I personally would never want to put myself in such a position. Or even in a position that could possibly lead to such a position. Thinking about this, I wonder if...

I would like to know if the censorship of the internet can pose a great threat for the JREF forums? I figured that it would threaten most websites but, is it possible that the JREF forums are at a greater risk than most sites? (I mean being a haven for anti-PETA folks, a source for...

I guess this would go in current events. Here's the story I pulled from TechCrunch (still can't link I think) What do you all think of this? Here's what I say Here's some traffic information on the site from Alexa the Web Information Company. It's the 322nd most popular site in the US and...

Beijing Adds Curbs on Access to Internet The communist party is not supposed to be religious, but they do seem to be very puritanical. Is censoring porn because the Chinese are actually that puritanical or because it is a pretext for censoring political speech or both?

Is this true that the Australians put in a nation-wide internet filtering system which not only is to filter spam and such, but also will filter content - and that the people of Australia are unable to opt out of this?

Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet Okay, any Australians better come here and clear the name of their country if this is just over-hype. But really, I liked Labor in the last election. WTF? To go to the source: Won't someone think of the children? Though I have to laugh that...

Wordpress.com, which hosts over a million blogs on all kinds of subjects, has now been blocked throughout Turkey. This is because, it seems, one Wordpress blogger rashly dared to question Islamic Creationism, with the result that a Creationist took him to court and, incredibly, got the backing...

A California Federal Judge has ceritfied a class action lawsuit against Target on the grounds that Target's website is not accessable by the blind and therefore violates laws to prevent discrimination against the handicapped...