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Legislator seeks to set privacy rules for Facebook

FAC May 16, 2011

A state senator from San Leandro has introduced legislation that would require Facebook and other social networking sites to let new users establish privacy settings at the same time they register. State Sen. Ellen Corbett, a Democrat, argues that users shouldn’t have to give up their private information by default. Opponents object to government imposition of privacy rules and assert that the bill could have unintended consequences that actually reduce privacy The billed, SB242, passed

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Exiles use Internet to promote Syrian revolt

donal brown April 25, 2011

Anti-government activists living in the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. are taking a leading role in using the Internet to defy the autocratic Syrian government in providing news of the uprising to the world. Writing in The New York Times, Anthony Shadid described the work of one man, “Gaunt and with bloodshot blue-green eyes, Mr. Nakhle navigated a cascade of information Friday — a frenetic conversation on Skype with 15 people in Syria, a

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WikiLeaks, Internet among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

donal brown March 1, 2011

WikiLeaks and the Internet are among this year’s 241 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize. A Norwegian member of parliament  nominated WikiLeaks saying, “It would be a crime to ban or oppose the right to publish such information. It should instead be protected, regardless of what we might think of the contents of some (or even all) of the published material.” -db From The Washington Post, March 2, 2011, by Hayley Tsukayama. Full Story

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Supreme Court justices lean toward limiting free speech for personal, hurtful attacks

donal brown October 7, 2010

Two U.S. Supreme Court justices, both strong advocates for the First Amendment, said during a hearing of a case about protests at a Marine’s funeral that they thought people could be sued for outrageous personal attacks leading to speculation that the Court will establish a new limit to free speech. -db The Los Angeles Times Analysis October 6, 2010 By David G. Savage WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court justices, hearing arguments Wednesday in a

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China starts asking new cellphone users for ID

FAC September 1, 2010

The Chinese government started to implement a long-discussed measure that requires cellphone subscribers to register their identities when setting up an account, prompting concerns over privacy in the world’s largest mobile market. The Wall Street Journal September 1, 2010 By Loretta Chao BEIJING—The measure went into effect Wednesday, with customer service representatives at mobile operators China Mobile Ltd., China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. and China Telecom Corp. informing customers that new users would be required

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