The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry and the telecom and music industries plan to jointly introduce a system to prevent cell phone users from downloading illegally distributed music files to their cell phones via the Internet, it has been learned. The system, which could be operational as early as fiscal 2010,…
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Australian businessman dismisses Facebook threats
An Australian businessman accused of selling “friends” from the social networking site Facebook hit back Friday, saying it would be “very difficult” to stop him. Facebook warned Thursday that members who bought information from the Australian online marketing company uSocial.net could be banned from the site. Leon Hill, 24, who founded and owns uSocial.net, agreed…
Administration seeks to keep terror watch-List data secret
Ellen Nakashima reports: The Obama administration wants to maintain the secrecy of terrorist watch-list information it routinely shares with federal, state and local agencies, a move that rights groups say would make it difficult for people who have been improperly included on such lists to challenge the government. Intelligence officials in the administration are pressing…
China web sites requiring users’ names
Jonathan Ansfield reports: News Web sites in China, complying with secret government orders, are requiring that new users log on under their true identities to post comments, a shift in policy that the country’s Internet users and media have fiercely opposed in the past. Until recently, users could weigh in on news items on many…