The Bush administration is proposing that media-sharing sites keep records on who uploads photos and videos, CNET reports. That's for "in case police determine the content is illegal and choose to investigate," the article adds. The proposal came up in a meeting the Justice Department held with Internet companies about data retention. The DOJ is pushing for it as "valuable in investigating … [Read more...] about DOJ wants photo-sharers’ data
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China cracks down on Net use
It's known as the "Great Firewall," and – unlike the age-old Great Wall – it seems to go up and down. Right now, the firewall's up. Possibly timed to the National People's Congress meeting in Beijing, China seems to be in the middle of a crackdown on Net use, Wired reports. "The Chinese government began blocking access to the popular blogging site LiveJournal on Friday, cutting off its citizens … [Read more...] about China cracks down on Net use
Do-it-yourself SN ad sales
Our kids may soon be supplementing their allowance with ads on their profiles and blogs. For a while now, anybody who has a Web page has been able to sign up for Google AdSense and make money on ads appearing on his/her page (lots of traffic certainly helps!). The new thing is bloggers and social-networking profile owners making money on ads in their pages. Here's an early version of this … [Read more...] about Do-it-yourself SN ad sales
Videogames at the cinema
Soon Mom and Dad may go see a film while Jr. goes to a sort of public LAN party at the same multiplex. Cinegames are already happening in Spain, where movie theater company Yelmo Cineplex spent "more than $390,000 to modify one of its small individual theaters in a high-tech video gaming hall seating about 50 people," the New York Times reports. Predictably, the busy time is weekends, with … [Read more...] about Videogames at the cinema
‘Web 2.0 on the go’
Cellphone bloggers and social networkers (as opposed to Web-based ones) are more likely to upload pictures and videos because they have the camera right in their hands, the BBC reports. Web-based socializers use text more because the keyboard's at their fingertips. The BBC cites the view of a mobile-social-networking executive that mobile socializing is more about people's lifestyles and Web … [Read more...] about ‘Web 2.0 on the go’