I was sent the following press release about a new project, named PRESCIENT for Privacy and Emerging Sciences and Technologies: Emerging technologies offer significant benefits but also risks to our privacy. How to deal with these risks is the subject of a new three-year project funded by the European Commission. Called PRESCIENT, the project will…
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Israel Supreme Court: Talkbackers needn’t be exposed in libel cases
Nurit Roth reports: Surfers who post comments on Web sites scored a victory in Israel’s Supreme Court last week. The vice president of the country’s highest court, Eliezer Rivlin, and Justice Edmond Levy handed down a majority ruling that Internet service providers cannot be forced to disclose the identity of anonymous posters, even at the…
Should Rachel Maddow Sue Scott Brown?
If you’re a viewer of The Rachel Maddow Show or a reader of The Boston Globe, you’re probably already aware that Maddow has been all over Senator Scott Brown’s use of her name to raise money for his campaign. Brown has reportedly suggested that Maddow might run against him for his seat and that Massachusetts…
Plain Dealer sparks ethical debate by unmasking anonymous poster
Henry J. Gomez reports: By unmasking an anonymous poster at its companion Web site, The Plain Dealer finds itself in an ethical quandary, stirring a debate that balances the public’s need to know against the privacy concerns of online participants. On one side are experts who believe the newspaper has violated a trust by exploring…