May, 2010

Stories from May, 2010

China: Be aware! Google Earth leaks national secret

  19 May 2010

On May 6, famous blogger, William Long, was summoned by the Shenzhen Urban Planning and Land Supervision Division that a Google Earth picture indicating military facilities at www.moon-bbs.com is in suspect of leaking national secret. During the conversation, someone recorded the whole process with video. After the meeting, the blogger...

GV summit 2010 Videos: A Discussion of Content Moderation

  7 May 2010

During this panel discussion, Victoria Grand, Senior Manager for Communications at YouTube, speaks on content moderation processes providing a “behind-the-scenes” look at YouTube's content removal and deactivation policies. A “behind-the-scenes” look at YouTube's content removal and deactivation policies The panel, which was moderated by Rebecca MacKinnon, also includes Jillian York,...

Facebook: Interested in Palestine? Not anymore.

  7 May 2010

When Facebook rolled out its latest feature, “Connections,” in April 2010, many users were confused by the changes. The opt-in feature, intended to create a broader sense of community around user interests, converts a user's listed interests, books, movies, and network into “likes,” linking the user to the community page...

From blogger to corporate liason officer

  1 May 2010

In 2008, Malaysian blogger Syed Azidi Syed Aziz took the headlines by calling Malaysian bloggers to fly (or place) the national flag upside down on their blogs. This was as a sign of a nation in distress. The reason he did this, according to Syed himself, wasn't entirely altruistic. While...