Maybe it’s just selective attention, but it seems that there are more reports coming out of students taking problematic pictures of other students in public spaces of schools. In today’s news, Ryan Smith reports on a situation in Des Moines, Iowa: Polk County authorities are investigating a scandalous blog featuring the backsides of multiple girls at…
Category: Online
Korea debates the ‘right to be forgotten’
Park Eun-Jee reports: The discussion of a “right to be forgotten,” a concept that advocates individuals’ right to have online content deleted, inadvertently erupted in Korea when a popular rapper named MC Mong was embroiled in a military dodging scandal. At the height of the controversy in 2010, net users found the singer’s web post…
Social media policy for government-issued background investigations
The government has released a first-ever social media policy for background investigations, which will scan what applicants have posted on Facebook, Twitter and other sites to determine their trustworthiness. Read the full story on the Washington Post, and see the policy document.
Amendments to the Brazilian Marco Civil – Dilma signs “late night” amendments to Brazilian Internet law
Dirceu Santa Rosa writes: In one of the last acts from the now impeached President Dilma Rousseff, she signed and validated a few “late night” amendments on the Brazilian Internet Law (a.k.a., the “Marco Civil da Internet”). The official version ( in Portuguese ) of such amendments – Decree 8771/16 – can be found here. There…