President Obama and Internet Censorship

The “Internet Kill Switch” bill, or its official name The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act in America moves to the floor after it was approved by a key Senate Committee yesterday. Under the guise of national security (and we’ve all heard this from China before), the US government is proposing to hand President Obama the power to shut down the Internet for at least four months without Congressional oversight! What it means is that President Obama would have absolute power to close down networks, and block incoming Internet traffic from certain countries under a declared national emergency.

I don’t know about you – but this smells of Big Brother wanting to curb freedom of speech. After all, it was the Internet that helped President get elected to the Presidency. It was the independent news portal Malaysia Today and the Malaysian government’s inability to control the Internet that helped the Opposition party break the UMNO stronghold in Malaysia. For more information on this, check out Prison Planet.

Many of domains are now hosted in USA. Should we be worried … ??

Can you hide behind an “anonymous” blog?

It seems that you can no longer remain as anonymous on the Worldwide Web as you think.  Google’s Blogger has now been directed by the Manhattan Supreme Court to reveal the identity of the blogger who made defamatory statements about a model Liskula Cohen. (more…)

Are you keeping up?

According to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), small businesses are falling behind big businesses in getting online. Last year, 96% of big businesses have a web presence. This compares to just 27% for small businesses.  Is this affecting small businesses? (more…)

Only in Australia?

Looks like our Corporate Watchdogs are getting a little carried away.  Poor Mr Barry McMahon worte on Facebook that anyone who needed a plumber should call “Bazza” (his internet pseudonym).  A Plumbers Licensing Board investigation found that the comment “Bazza” placed on Facebook was an advert and it broke the law because it failed to include “Bazza’s” licence number!!!

Which goes to show … (more…)