Congressional committee attempts censorship of professor’s criticism of Facebook

A chair of a Congressional committee cautioned a law professor about to speak to the committee  to refrain from personal attacks against any companies or company employees. -db Onlne Media Daily Commentary December 3, 2010 By Wendy Davis Columbia Law professor Eben Moglen seemed to have touched a nerve on Capitol Hill this week when [...]

Google ignites debate about privacy

Internet giant Google has sparked a fiery privacy debate this week by claiming future teenagers will need to change their names when they reach adulthood to escape embarrassing online pasts. The Courier Mail August 20, 2010 By Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson In a warning experts have labelled hypocritical, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the company knew “roughly [...]

Google CEO: Online Anonymity Is Dangerous

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said anonymity on the Internet is dangerous, according to a report in the Huffington Post. August 11, 2010 By International Business Times In an interview with CNBC conducted at the Techonomy conference earlier this month, Schmidt offered an additional look at his views on online privacy and  anonymity, says the [...]

Privacy: Geotagging Highlights Safety, Risks Of Mobile Technology

Location-based social networks using geotagging technology are a cool way of letting friends and family keep track of you—and as a law enforcement tool, they  can protect public safety. But when we share, do we really know who’s watching? August 9, 2010 By Lisa Riordan Seville In the world of social networking, Carri Bugbee is [...]

Privacy Groups Call for Microsoft Investigation

Privacy groups have asked Congress to investigate Microsoft in the wake of a Wall Street Journal investigation of Web tracking and targeting. News Broadcasting and Cable August 6, 2010 By John Eggerton Led by the Center for Digital Democracy, a half-dozen consumer watchdog groups sent letters to the heads of the relevant Senate and House [...]

Lawmakers Seek Answers on Online Tracking

U.S. Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Joe Barton, R-Texas, are seeking information about the privacy practice of the 15 websites that the Wall Street Journal has identified as installing the most tracking technology on their visitors’ computers. The Wall Street Journal Blog August 5, 2010 By Julia Angwin The representatives, who co-chair the House Bi-Partisan [...]

Facebook brings privacy settings to mobile web

Facebook, which has taken a public relations beating in the past over privacy issues, has enhanced the mobile version of its site to include access to privacy settings. ZDNet News/Internet August 4, 2010 By Sam Diaz This move follows an overhaul to the settings that the company rolled out in May, largely in response to [...]

N.C. court won’t force newspaper to I.D. online commentator

A North Carolina judge has ruled that news organizations do not have to release the identities of people who make comments on their online news articles. News August 2, 2010 By The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gaston County Superior Court Judge Calvin Murphy ruled the Gaston Gazette did not have to tell the attorney [...]