Winer’s explanation is purely speculative, and some might call it a conspiracy theory. But it points to a big issue for free speech in the cloud: what happens if one, smaller customer criticizes a bigger customer? In the Web 1.0 era, if you got kicked off a Web host you just found another. Today, the [...]
[29 Dec 2010]
Worth a listen: this CBC Search Engine podcast episode on the Kremlin’s use of bloggers as citizen propagandists, as well as government-paid hackers and saboteurs. The Kremlin piece starts about 6 minutes and 17 seconds into the show [MP3 download]. And you can find the T-shirt in the photo accompanying the post on CafePress.com.
[10 Jan 2008]
Thomas Mrozak, a spokesman for the United States attorney here, declined Wednesday to confirm that the office had issued subpoenas. The Los Angeles Times, citing unnamed sources, reported that the investigation would determine if the creation of a fake identity to harass the 13-year-old, Megan Meier, could be considered Internet fraud under federal statutes. (Emphasis [...]
[10 Jan 2008]