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César Albarrán Torres

Rethinking Sex Offender Laws for Youths Showing Off Online - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by César Albarrán Torres on 21 Mar 10 - Cached
  • In Iowa, Jorge Canal is on the sex offenders registry because, at age 18, he was convicted of distributing obscene materials to a minor after he sent a picture of his penis by cellphone to a 14-year-old female friend who had requested it.
  • he sent a photograph of his nude 16-year-old girlfriend by e-mail to dozens of people, including her parents
  • In most states, teenagers who send or receive sexually explicit photographs by cellphone or computer — known as “sexting” — have risked felony child pornography charges and being listed on a sex offender registry for decades to come.
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  • But there is growing consensus among lawyers and legislators that the child pornography laws are too blunt an instrument to deal with an adolescent cyberculture in which all kinds of sexual pictures circulate on sites like MySpace and Facebook.
  • “We’re at this cultural shift, not only because of the technology, but because of what’s happening in terms of the representation of teen sexuality as you can see on ‘Gossip Girl.’ ”
Elizabeth Gan

War game reveals U.S. lacks cyber-crisis skills - 0 views

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shared by Elizabeth Gan on 05 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Elizabeth Gan on 05 Apr 10
     
    This article discusses how a simulated war game called "Cyber ShockWave" can turn any electronic item, for example, cell phone or computer can be "weapons" used to shut down the Internet during terrorist attack. The notion of privacy and civil liberties, should expect to be ceased for Americans during a crisis of that level. During this mock scenario, it was revealed that "[The United States] don't have the authority in this nation as a government to quarantine people's cellphones." Which during a state of emergency brings to question if Internet carriers should allow their networks to be monitored. How secure is online security, and who is the enemy, becomes difficult to discern, as any threat to national security arises.
Sandra Rivera

FT.com / UK - Mexico's mobile users face return to telecoms 'stone age' - 1 views

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Mexico #ARIN6902 privacy cellphones registration government

shared by Sandra Rivera on 10 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Sandra Rivera on 10 Apr 10
     
    The Mexican government approved a law that creates a national registry of mobile phone users, forcing people to provide their private information to associate mobile numbers with a registrated customer. More than 30m citizens are facing the possibility of service disruption if they don't comply with the forced registration.
  • César Albarrán Torres on 11 Apr 10
     
    Glad I am here!
César Albarrán Torres

In Indonesia, the Internet Emerges as a (Too?) Powerful Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by César Albarrán Torres on 20 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Displeased that a statue of a 10-year-old Barack Obama was installed in a park here, Indonesians took their protest not to this capital’s most famous traffic circle but to Facebook. More than 56,000 online protesters later, city officials gave in to arguments that the park should be reserved to honor an Indonesian.
  • But the boom is prompting a fierce debate over the limits of free expression in a newly democratic Indonesia, with the government trying to regulate content on the Internet and a recently emboldened news media pushing back.
  • Skeptics, especially among politicians and religious leaders, worry about mob rule and the loss of traditional values.
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  • Thanks to relatively cheap cellphones that offer Internet access, Facebook, Twitter and local social networking media have rapidly spread from cities to villages throughout Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia and the Philippines
  • In another cause célèbre, online support was critical in freeing a 32-year-old mother who was jailed after complaining about the poor service at a suburban Jakarta hospital.
  • According to data from Facebook, Indonesia trails only the United States, with 116 million users, and Britain, with 24 million.
  • “I think we are between China and the United States,” he said. “Yes, we are free. But with freedom comes responsibility.”
  • César Albarrán Torres on 20 Apr 10
     
    Good article on the social and political uses of social media (sic.) in Indonesia. There have been attempts to filter/censor content, but so far they have been avoided. Uses of Twitter, Facebook by politicians is also described. 
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