Tools of mass communication that were once the province of governments and corporations now fit in your pocket. Cell phones can capture video and send it wirelessly to the Internet. People can send eyewitness accounts, photos and videos, with a few keystrokes, to thousands or even millions via social networking sites. As these technologies have…
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Atlanta cop sentenced for warrantless break-in
Former Atlanta Police sergeant Wilbert Stallings was sentenced last week to prison for conspiring to violate civil rights by breaking into a private residence to search for drugs without a warrant. The incident occurred in October 2005, but was not uncovered until one of Stallings’ subordinates was involved in another incident and began cooperating with…
AP Issues Strict Facebook, Twitter Guidelines to Staff
The Associated Press is adopting a stringent social-networking policy for its employees, informing them to police their Facebook profiles “to make sure material posted by others doesn’t violate AP standards.” The policy (.pdf) comes weeks after an AP reporter was reprimanded for posting a comment to his own Facebook profile criticizing the Sacramento-based newspaper chain…
Privacy, Identity, Responsibility
Mottoes matter. Long before soundbites and tweets, they encapsulated the priorities of their adopters. Long before the Internet, the most famous claimed world wide reach. Compared to the revolutionary “Liberty, equality, fraternity,” my motto may seem a modest mimic. Do not confuse the modesty of its author with its intrinsic value. “Privacy, identity, responsibility” must…