Twitter’s announcement that it will censor tweets on a country-by-country basis has triggered an immediate global outrage about free speech.
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Stilgherrian: still mid-game in the digital year that was
Well, the conversion of all human existence into digital form continues to make steady progress. Few real obstacles were encountered this year, despite repeated attempts to frighten us off.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Putting words into Gillard’s mouth. The rumours about a new speechwriter for the Prime Minister just won’t go away. Despite Julia Gillard’s office denying to Crikey yesterday any recruitment search was happening, we’re assured by another insider the talk is “on the money”. They speculate: ”I hear that Tony Blair’s veteran speechwriter Peter Hyman has been asked […]
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Morals take back seat when it comes to taking political advantage
Crikey readers have their say.
The quality journalism project: under the media Mumbrella
Mumbrella editor-in-chief Tim Burrowes is obsessed with the media and marketing worlds. He’s the latest candidate in Crikey’s quality journalism project.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The carbon tax bill, et al
Crikey readers have their say.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
ATO outsources its call centres. A twist to our list of complaints from customers left waiting on hold by the Australian Tax Office: a reader points out the ATO has a tender out to outsource customer service functions. The “Outsource Contact Centres” contract will build external call centres to “increase operational flexibility and agility”, “increase ability to […]
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Denial of service attacks — it’s not a hack, OK?
Crikey readers have their say.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Politics the art of the possible
Crikey readers have their say.
Crikey Says: A new not-so-little internet
Facebook just got scarier. Wired writes of the social networking site’s new “Open Graph” protocol today: “It’s an initiative that will unleash new waves of applications on Facebook that will greatly enhance the power of the service — already a major part of people’s lives — by adding a limitless stream of lifestyle data that people can use to […]
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The News is rebranding news
Crikey readers have their say.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Protectionism’s bad, but what’s the alternative?
Crikey readers have their say.
To Google, we are data fodder, and I am an unperson
Google’s “real names” policy, apart from being a shameless push to upgrade the company’s data mining capability and unbelievable boorish in execution, is nothing short of cultural imperialism.
Sorry too hard a word for LinkedIn over privacy faux pas
Supposedly-professional social network LinkedIn has responded to criticism over its privacy faux pas with a blog post. The word “sorry” is nowhere to be seen, and neither is any evidence of real change.
LinkedIn pulls a Facebook-like swifty on ‘social advertising’
LinkedIn likes to portray itself as the professional social network, but it seems they’re perfectly happy to treat their professional users as fodder for advertisers without asking.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Reprehensible reporting of Norway massacre
Crikey readers have their say.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: No accountability in the press
Crikey readers have their say.
Stilgherrian: there’s no way I’m handing over data to Google+
I’m no Luddite. But I flushed Facebook from my life more than a year ago because it simply wasn’t clear what they were up to. Google+ is really just Facebook with a Google logo.
Network effect to keep Facebook safe from Google move
Facebook, more than almost any other company, is a beneficiary of a global “network effect”.
Drag0nista: political private lives CAN be a public issue
Journalists traditionally have been less enthusiastic about exposing low standards in politicians’ personal behaviour, particularly those occasions involving the infidelity of politicians, writes Drag0nista.
The Weiner show: we have no prick of conscience
Anthony Weiner’s underwear gets as much media attention as Syria’s entire civil uprising. I despair for humanity.
Political tweets eclipse blogs, but parties still don’t get it
Social media including blogs and, especially, Twitter, offer unprecedented opportunities for politicians, but take-up remains low because party machines still see it as a threat.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The trouble of Facebook and kids
Crikey reads have their say.
