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Anne Zozo

Compromise between Facebook, U.K. police agency? | Safe and Secure - CNET News - 0 views

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child abuse internet governance Safety Privacy Facebook Protection

shared by Anne Zozo on 28 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Anne Zozo on 28 Apr 10
     
    Article discusses a new "panic button" which can be used to report on safety issues or sexual behaviour onlne. A click takes users to a website where they get advice or get directly in contact with the police. The British Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center (CEOP) has invented this button and wants facebook to integrate it. Facebook wants to refer users to its own Safety Center.
anonymous

Australia on internet watchlist with Iran, North Korea - 0 views

www.smh.com.au/...north-korea-20100312-q23p.html

internet governance censorship internet australia

shared by anonymous on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Paris-based media rights group Reporters Without Borders on Thursday put Australia and South Korea on its list of countries "under surveillance" in its "Internet Enemies"
  • Australia was listed for the government's plan to block access to websites featuring material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child sex abuse.
  • "This regrettably puts Australia on notice that, despite the Rudd government’s best intentions, any mandatory filtering policy is likely to be perceived internationally in ways that will not benefit our reputation as a free and open society," he said.
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  • He cited Australia's plans as an example, saying that there "the wide scope of content prohibited could include socially and politically controversial material".
  • Tamsin Lloyd on 12 Mar 10
     
    A media rights watchdog has listed Australia in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship.
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  • David Sams on 12 Mar 10
     
    A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship.
  • César Albarrán Torres on 13 Mar 10
     
    Why does everyone get so worked up with the word "censorship"? In some cases, like with child porn, if a medium is used to violate a human right or indeed foments a crime, then there should be some sort of control. Why look at it from a b&w perspective when there are so many grey areas?
  • anonymous on 14 Mar 10
     
    Is this really where Australia's future in censorships is heading?
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