How Twitter can get you fired

Russia Today video on how social media sites like Twitter can get people fired from their jobs.

Even digital dirt (info out there about you on the web) may be enough to raise an eyebrow or two from employers, because most of them keep tabs on you on the web, and so will job recruiters.

It serves as a reminder to keep your private stuff private and be mindful on what info you put out on the web.

New Apple security measure creates a flaw or two

After Apple's recent security breach, the company has rolled out two-step verification for its Apple accounts, to send a code to their devices. Before then, all it takes for you to authenticate yourself is your email address and date of birth to recover your password.

Apple fixed the issue, but are they any more flaws left behind?

Porn on Ice: RT video on Iceland Internet porn ban attempt

Russia Today video on Iceland's Internet blocking of porn, also the country will prevent buyers from purchasing pay-per-view porn, subscriptions and paid downloads.

Iceland looking to censor Internet porn

Just as we thought Iceland has long respected Internet freedom and free from Internet surveillance, now it looks to censor porn altogether instead of just child porn.

Halla Gunnarsdottir had this to say about the Internet being somewhat lawless: “There are laws in our society. Why should they not apply to the Internet”?

Sounds like a huge response for taking a country’s law books and presence to the Internet, while the authoritarian regimes are already doing the same, such as Iran, China and Russia.

The UK ISPs wanted to block out porn by default, by making it an option for Internet subscribers to opt in if needed, if they want to view this kind of content. Will Iceland resort to this model?

Australia conducted a test in 2008 on Internet filtering of porn and depictions of crime and drug use. Some parts of that country are still doing this now.

As soon as a regime censors one form of Internet, it’s a pretext to censor anything else that they think violates the laws in their country, or simply do not approve of.

So fellow Icelanders: Tell those politicians to respect Internet freedom by not posing as Internet cops over what you can do and post like in Communist China and Islamic Iran.

Source: MSN News

Twitter wants to track TV trends

CNN video on Twitter's newest move on gathering analytic data on TV trends -because when people watch TV or go to the movies, Internet users are likely to leave feedback.

Twitter is looking into this after its acquisition of Bluefin Labs.

Perhaps not the first social media to begin data gathering on media trends - YouTube may have done a study with Neilsen on video viewership.

France court tells Twitter to release identities of racist tweeters

A French court puts Twitter on the spotlight and tells them to turn over data of anti-Semitic tweeters, and that’s because in France, hate and racist speech is illegal in the country.

Twitter said that they are reviewing the request, but will they comply?

When it comes to some European countries like Germany and France going after Nazi paraphernalia and hate comments online, that can be just the pretext needed for Internet subjugation.

Source: Tech News World

Top ISPs Six Strikes Anti-Piracy measures may apply to free Wi-Fi

For those that think the six strikes copyright enforcement blitz only applies to residential customers and not in public areas, think again.

The top ISPs - AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and others may expand the six strikes copyright rule to their Wi-Fi hotspots, and go after businesses that are providing patrons their Wi-Fi access and throttling down their Net speed if used for infringement purposes.

It shows even if you use public Wi-Fi, you may be subject to an unexpected decrease in Net speed.

Source: TechDirt

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