WIRED - Dec 16 - Believing that human trafficking is worsened by the internet’s anonymity, the sponsors of California’s Proposition 35 thought they had a simple solution to combatting the problem: require convicted traffickers to register as sex offenders. Then require all individuals on California’s sex offender registry to disclose... Continue reading

VATOR NEWS - May 6 - The FBI is already allowed to tap any communications system they want, be it your cell phone or broadband network. Now the FBI general counsel's office is proposing a new law that would require that social networks and web communication companies allow that their... Continue reading

ANAP - Mar 29 - OnlineMarketingDegree.com created this interesting infographic about online privacy. See the infographic here. Continue reading

OPW - Mar 5 - I'm covering the Conversions Conference in San Francisco Mon/Tue. Here's a smattering of 13 takeaways from Jared Spool, Tim Ash and other gods of usability, from Day 1. For a longer list, of 30 takeaways, see the full post at the Courtland Brooks blog. -... Continue reading

ASSOCIATED PRESS - Feb 24 - Americans are getting more privacy-savvy on social networks, a new report released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. 44% of respondents said in 2011 that they deleted comments from their profile on a social networks. Only 36% said the same thing in... Continue reading

RAGAN.COM - Dec 22 - The vast majority of media we consume—on TV, in the theater, on the Web, and in print—is owned by six media companies: GE, News Corp., Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, and CBS. Those 6 media giants now control 90% of what we read, watch, or listen... Continue reading

BBC.CO.UK - Jan 2 - Scottish teachers are being warned that their use of social networking sites could put their careers at risk. The Scottish Secondary Teachers Association believes teachers can reveal too much personal information. The union also fears they could become overly familiar with pupils. Jim Docherty, assistant... Continue reading