The new SingaNews - 13 views
Hi Valerie, I fully agree with your reply. However, there are some issues I will like to raise. "It seems a Christian cannot do anything in the secular realm without drawing criticisms or at th...
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Go slow with Net law - 4 views
Article : Go slow with tech law Published : 23 Aug 2009 Source: Straits Times Background : When Singapore signed a free trade agreement with the USA in 2003, intellectual property rights was a ...
Do avatars have digital rights? - 20 views
hi weiye, i agree with you that this brings in the topic of representation. maybe you should try taking media and representation by Dr. Ingrid to discuss more on this. Going back to your questio...
Freedom liberated? or Imprisoned? - 8 views
i do agree that the internet is suppose to be a place where there is freedom of speech, however we must also consider the society that we're living in. For us living in Singapore, we must accept th...
Boys in blue raid Perth's Sunday Times - 2 views
Story URL: http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/boys-in-blue-raid-perths-sunday-times/ Summary of the article: In February, a Sunday Times reporter Paul Lampathakis wrote an article about a ...
Online Censorship: Obama urged to fine firms for aiding censors - 3 views
Internet activists are urging Barack Obama to pass legislation that would make it illegal for technology companies to collaborate with authoritarian countries that censor the internet. -The Guardi...
TJC Stomp Scandal - 34 views
This is a very interesting topic. Thanks, Weiman! From the replies for this topic, I would say two general questions surfaced. Firstly, is STOMP liable for misinformation? Secondly, is it right for...
Hacked blogger seeks Russia probe - 20 views
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8194395.stm To sum it up, the article is about a russian blogger who asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to hold an inquiry, claiming that russian...
U.S. students fight copyright law - 9 views
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/technology/11iht-download.1.7846678.html?scp=20&sq=copyright&st=Search A student previously fined for breaking copyright laws at Brown University on Rhode Island ...
Excellent Funeral in Adelaide - 1 views
My entire family would like to thank Sensible Funerals for helping us out in preparing the funeral of my dearly departed grandmother. The funeral services that their professional funeral directors ...
Be Safe With [e]Safe - 1 views
The welfare of my employees is my number one priority so that I can ensure that they will work productively. That is why when I established my company, I made sure that the equipment to be used are...
Internet campaigning gets a vote of confidence - 3 views
URL: http://en.mercopress.com/2009/09/16/lula-da-silva-supports-unrestricted-political-campaigning-in-internet The article talks about the use of the internet in political campaigns. Brazilian Pre...
Democracy 2.0 Awaits an Upgrade - 3 views
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/americas/12iht-currents.html 1. "President Obama declared during the campaign that "we are the ones we've been waiting for." That messianic phrase held the ...
China Requires Censorship Software on New PCs - 3 views
The article talks about the software that the Chinese government has legislated to be installed on all PCs from July 1st onwards. The software is designed to "filter out pornography and other 'unhe...
POrn is Good! - 20 views
"Also, I do not believe that people are born knowing how to engage in sexual activity. " From a Socratic perspective, knowledge is inherent in us. You just need to ask the right question at the ri...
Wk 4 Online censorship & digital access: Mormon Church Attacks Wikileaks - 6 views
WIKILEAK RELEASES SECRET CHURCH DOCUMENTS! The First Link is an article regarding Wikileaks releasing a 'copyrighted' and confidential Church document of the Mormons (also known as the Church of J...
China's Green Dam Internet Filter - 6 views
Article: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/30/china.green.dam/index.html Summary: China has passed a mandate requiring all personal computers sold in the country to be accompanied by a contro...
Spread of HIV misinformation online - 6 views
"HIV denialists" - people who deny that HIV will cause AIDS, have been spreading information about their beliefs on the Internet. There is a cause for concern that such false information will deter...
What's so Original in Academic Research? - 26 views
Thanks for your comments. I may have appeared to be contradictory, but what I really meant was that ownership of IP should not be a motivating factor to innovate. I realise that in our capitalistic...
Online pirates could lose Net access - 3 views
http://digital.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20090819-161932.html THE authorities are studying a new way to pull the plug on unauthorised downloads: terminating Internet access of hardcore...