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...
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Does patent/ copyright stifle or promote innovation? - 6 views
From a Critical Ethic perspective, Who do patents and copyrights protect? What kind of ideologies underly such a policy? I would argue that it is the capitalist ideologies, individualist ideolo...
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...
Australia's porn-blocking plan unveiled - 10 views
Elaine said: What are the standards put in place to determine whether something is of adult content? Who set those standards? Based on 'general' beliefs and what the government/"web police'' think ...
State 2.0: a new front end? - 3 views
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/state-2-0-a-new-front-end A paragraph in the article sums up what the article is about quite well: "Indeed, new problematics are emerging around online democr...
Democracy Project to Fill Gap in Online Politics - 3 views
Reference: Democracy Project to Fill Gap in Online Politics (2000, June 8). PR Newswire. Retrieved 23 September, 2009, from Factiva. (Article can be found at bottom of the post) Summary: The D...
Censorship of War News Undermines Public Trust - 20 views
I posted a bookmark on something related to this issue. http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC090907-0000047/The-photo-thats-caused-a-stir AP decided to publish a photo of a fatally wounded young ...
SimpliCITY - New PC to encourage old people - 0 views
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8352606.stm A new computer has been created for old people that may never have used a computer before allowing them to gain better access and reap the benefi...
POLICE & THIEF - 5 views
According to the readings, one reason why people do not consider illegal downloads as theft is that it does not deprive others of that item. When I download an mp3 file from, the file will not disa...
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...
Iran blocks access to YouTube.com - 5 views
Warning over 'surveillance state' - 9 views
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7872425.stm The article effectively speaks of how CCTV cameras and DNA database are threats to privacy. Though many states have reasoned them for being...
Man ordered to pay $675,000 over illegal downloading - 11 views
using the golden rule, i feel that the downloader should be arrested and fine. i believe no one will want their hard work to be duplicated and copied without proper recognition. some questions...
Cyber Cold War? - 1 views
The following websites relate to "Cyber Warfare" that is conducted over cyberspace. 1) http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90780/91343/6699021.html (China) The above article first starts off by de...
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 ...
Privacy in Singapore - 9 views
http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN002553.pdf There is no general data protection or privacy law in Singapore. The government has been aggressive in using surveill...
Measuring the effectiveness of online activism - 2 views
Reference: Krishnan, S. (2009, June 21). Measuring the effectiveness of online activism. The Hindu. Retrieved September 24, 2009, from Factiva. (Article can be found at bottom of the post) Summary...
Self-regulation or self-censorship? - 6 views
shttp://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_334426.html Summary: The article centres on the Senior Minister of State (Information, Communications and the Arts) Lui Tuck ...
Web tools help protect human rights activists - 7 views
1) I think it depends what is being censored. I think things like opinions should not be censored because it is violating the natural rights of a human. However, one can argue that online censors...
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...