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Unless a great many people learn the basics of online crap detection and begin applying their critical faculties en masse and very soon, I fear for the future of the Internet as a useful source of credible news, medical advice, financial information, educational resources, scholarly and scientific research.

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Cutting entire families off from access to e-government, health information, work, education, friends, family, and freedom of expression freedom of assembly and freedom of the press because someone accused one member of infringing copyright is terrible.

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"We're being harvested. We are what we eat. It's common sense to me that we're not at the top of the evolutionary food chain," he says. "And what are we eating but Perdue chicken? We're caging ourselves. The more efficient we become, the better the harvest will be for whoever's harvesting us."

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do we want to raise a generation of kids who have the tech savvy of an Iranian dissident, or the ham-fisted incompetence of the government those dissidents are running circles around?

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is a humorous observation coined by Mike Godwin in 1990, and which has become an Internet adage. It states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."[2][3]

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Can you better the first computer virus or an email from grandma in 2008? Help us tell the internet's story

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A Chinese teenager sent to an internet rehabilitation camp by his parents has been allegedly beaten to death by the camp's counsellors, according to media reports.

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He also talks about focused attention vs. multitasking and the importance of being able to handle an array of tasks simultaneously.

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My Dinner With Andre is increasingly applicable to the state of life within social media - one of unreflective observation, performance and disconnection.

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Award-winning director, Ondi Timoner (DIG!), documented his tumultuous life for more than a decade, to create a riveting, cautionary tale of what to expect as the virtual world inevitably takes control of our lives.

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I’ve noticed people are moving their settings to private–perhaps something they should have done from the start.

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Facebook shares its users' personal information with developers who create games and quizzes in a way that breaches Canadian privacy law, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found

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But Facebook sees its redesigned control panel as an opportunity to invite users to start shrugging off their privacy.

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The guide is intended for use by citizen media creators with or without formal legal training, as well as others with an interest in these issues. You can search by keyword, browse by state, browse by section, or simply jump right in.

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While the enthusiasm about new opportunities is thus warranted, little is known about who is actually participating, who is not, and what participation patterns may imply for the democratizing potential of new tools and services.

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Keep you bull$hit filter up! Security forces are now setting up twitter accounts to spread disinformation by posing as Iranian protesters.

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Evil Clown will attempt to avoid defeat by accusing his attacker of having no sense of humor.

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How do the Iranian officials do it? Only a limited number of Internet service providers have been licensed to operate, and those providers have to toe the line by using software that blocks users from accessing forbidden URLs (such as the BBC's Persian service). T

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'Netizens are the new Jack Bauer,' argues one science writer, and with three billion potential detectives, 'attempts to hide will only add thrill to the chase.'

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The leaders of the most wired country on Earth are seeking to curb online anonymity and debate, with laws that many say will fail

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