The internet is changing Australian society, you, and even your own head — and 2012 gave vivid emphasis of how that is happening. Crikey’s man in Canberra on the politics and policy shifts.
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No more vanilla: how the internet killed the call girl
Porn is everywhere on the internet, giving people access to all sorts of different fetishes. Annika Cleeve, a sex worker with 18 years experience, says this is having a marked effect on people’s sexpectations.
READ MOREThe government’s security proposals
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MORECalm down, the ITU isn’t about to take over the internet
Hysteria about a UN “takeover of the internet” hides the reality that the ITU is irrelevant to telecommunications.
READ MORERanald Macdonald: what will be left after the Gina Bomb explodes?
The profession of journalism is under the microscope at present with, sadly, too few defenders, writes Ranald Macdonald, a former editor-in-chief of The Age.
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Seven, CBA, AFL lead the way into new domain era
Seek, iSelect, three of the four major banks and the AFL are among the Australians who have applied for access to new top-level domains, writes Patrick Stafford of Smart Company.
READ MOREHer Maj’s listening post to put the byte on everyone’s comms
Every UK citizen will soon be subjected to the same scrutiny reserved for terrorists and child p-rnographers, writes Stella Gray.
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Journo grad pay … no net for Iran … Sydney’s radio wreck …
How much does a graduate journalist earn? Elizabeth Redman did some digging to find out that most start on $35,000-$47,000, with those at rural jobs at the lower end. Plus other media news.
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Joinging the SOPA box … Mrs DSK to edit HufffPo … Leveson latest …
In today’s Media Briefs: the world’s websites get on their SOPA box … Leveson inquiry: OK! editor denies Kate Middleton cover crossed the line … Strauss-Kahn’s wife to edit Huffington Post in France and more …
READ MOREThe snake oil that is domain registries’ big fat new revenue stream
The amount of bullshit reportage being published over this massive change to the internet’s domain name system is breathtaking.
READ MOREGerry Harvey’s bizarre logic: it’s all your fault
Gerry Harvey seems to have a long list of reasons why Harvey Norman is “treading water”, none of them to do with the company. Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane comment.
READ MOREAnonymity, identity and the internet
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MORESave our screens’ scrollbars!
That little grey line on the right hand column of your screen that tells you how long documents and website are, is getting eroded away by companies including Apple, Google and Facebook. It’s a travesty for users, says Farhad Manjo.
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Retail sales — there’s more than two speeds to this slice of the economy
The cliché of the two-speed economy goes strangely missing when commentators start talking about retail - but not everything in retail is going badly.
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Fairfax paywall review … rethinking internet freedom …
In states outside Queensland, The Australian included more details of the alleged murderer of Daniel Morcombe’s identity. Plus other media news of the day.
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Back to the future with Cameron’s digital Riot Act
David Cameron’s promise to crack down on social media travels a path well-worn both this year and in centuries past.
READ MORELinkedIn 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.
READ MOREWho’s to blame for the market meltdown?
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MOREDigital Pearl Harbors make for a good year for the cyber defence industry
Cyber Pearl Harbors and digital Blackwaters mean the cyber defence industry is on the cusp of a boom.
READ MOREThe threat of the internet to retail
The focus on the woes of the retail sector misses the fact that it’s going to get a lot worse for Australians retailers.
READ MOREThe internet is such an angry place
The interwebs is a breeding ground for anonymous vitriol aimed at personal targets. But why can people can ignore social norms and unleash foulness they wouldn’t dare to say to someone’s face in real life? Tim Adams investigates the trolls.
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If Facebook killed Myspace will Google+ kill THE social network?
Facebook is THE Social Network, right? Yeah, there was a movie. We all agreed! Last week. But not if the recently launched Google has launched Google+ (pronounced “Google Plus”) has anything to do with it.
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Currency for thought … bitcoins: a primer
Bitcoin is a unit of money that exists solely in the online world. Bitcoins are, in short, and by a significant margin, the most valuable currency on the planet, writes Luke Ryan, a freelance journalist.
READ MOREThe War on the Internet podcast
Bernard Keane and Sophie Black discuss Crikey’s “War on the Internet” series — specifically chronicling the wave of attacks being launched by governments the world over on both the internet and its users.
READ MOREWar on the internet part III: lessons from the 17th, 19th centuries
The internet isn’t the first wave of historic connectedness. We’ve been here before, and so have governments.
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