Tag Archive 'first amendment'

Wikileaks: Yet another ‘enemy of the state’

dan tynan on Mar 16 2010 | Filed under: Crazyass cults, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Julius Baer + Wikileaks, National insecurity, Privacy, Spy v spy, censorship

I just received an email from Wikileaks editor Julian Assange that’s pretty wild. It accuses the US government of deliberately trying to take the whistle-blower site down two years ago.
As proof, Wikileaks has posted a 32-page classified document [PDF] from the Department of Defense Intelligence Analysis program, dated March 2008, which details "the [...]

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Facing the haters at Facebook

dan tynan on May 11 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Infoworld, amazon, censorship

Should Facebook deny Holocaust deniers on its site? Where should the lines be drawn? It’s a question with no easy answer.

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Has Twitter replaced sex?

dan tynan on May 08 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0

Social media madness has overtaken everyone, from adult stars to our elected officials. Is it time to pt down our keyboards and start talking to each other again?

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Do not attempt to adjust your Internet

dan tynan on Jun 05 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Privacy, Video, Web 2.0

(This post originally appeared in Infoworld’s Notes From the Field Blog.)
It’s been a wild week here in Cringeville. My blog posts on YouTube v. Viacom and the FCC’s proposal for a pørn-free wireless Internet have inspired raging debates about copyrights and corporate rights, free speech and free sex. Here are some of the highlights.
First, longtime [...]

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