Staff / TruthdigApr 10, 2007
A couple of leading Internet personalities, including the creator of Wikipedia, have proposed a set of voluntary guidelines to help rein in the nastiness and abuse that can thrive in the blogosphere. Critics say the proposal would limit free expression, while supporters argue that "free speech is enhanced by civility." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 23, 2007
Yet another court has ruled against the 1994 Child Online Protection Act, a major victory for civil rights advocates. The law has been a mess from the start. With the stated goal of protecting kids from pornography, it would punish offending websites with $50,000 fines and jail time for exposing children to "harmful" material, whether intentionally or not. Innocent sites like Salon and BoingBoing could've been targeted under the legislation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 8, 2007
The popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which draws its content from countless anonymous contributions, will institute safeguards following revelations about the identity of one of its most industrious contributors. Ryan Jordan, under the name "Essjay," wrote thousands of articles for the site while claiming to be a theology professor but was exposed by The New Yorker as a 24-year-old college dropout. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 20, 2006
If you've been struggling to wrap your head around the hugely important issue of net neutrality, check out this excellent primer from the coalition SavetheInternet.com. (h/t: Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 29, 2006
In an apparent attempt to control the fallout of his ostensibly racist "macaca" remark, Virginia Sen George Allen has updated his website with a picture of him embracing a woman with dark skin But the damage has been done He's losing in the polls to his rival for the Senate (and Allen was until recently being touted as presidential material) (h/t: HuffPo)
Ana Marie Cox says historians will study this episode as an example of how NOT to do damage control. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2006
In what appears to be a first, an Oregon couple has set up a Christian-themed sex toy website for married pairs only. The "about" page is unintentionally hilarious. It reads, "We have prayed every step of the way for guidance on what products to offer on this site."
What's that, Lord? The grape-flavored anal lube? Or the edible crotchless panties? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Blair Golson / TruthdigJul 31, 2006
I got an e-mail this afternoon from a specialist in the public affairs office of the US Central Command He wanted to invite Truthdig readers to check out CENTCOM's activities in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere Considering Truthdig's independent sensibility, I considered it a fairly gutsy request, and decided: Hell, why not? It is our government, after all (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 31, 2006
A guy delivering satiric "ninja" riffs in a $6 Lycra ski mask; a sultry woman with nearly 1 million "friends" on Myspace; a guy who has performed corny dancing shuffles in 38 countries What do all these people have in common? Absurdly low-budget, Internet-based origins and, now, high-budget traditional production deals Read about the new rules of the game . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 28, 2006
Now that 48,000 boxes of Arabic-language Iraqi documents captured in Iraq have hit the web, armchair analysts have their work cut out for them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Mark Malseed / TruthdigFeb 15, 2006
For years, we've been supplying the oracles of Google and Yahoo with the most intimate details our personal health, political leanings, and secret obsessions. The government is already combing through Internet archives.Mark Malseed, co-author of the international bestseller "The Google Story," argues that it's time we started asking better questions about our queries.
For years, we've been supplying the oracles of Google and Yahoo with the most intimate details our personal health, political leanings, and secret obsessions. It's time we started asking better questions about our queries. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 7, 2006
The search company discovered that the carmaker was playing a shell game with its Web pages to boost traffic. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 28, 2006
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