The Federal Trade Commission today released a report listing top complaints consumers filed with the agency in 2009. It shows that while identity theft remains the top complaint category, identity theft complaints declined 5 percentage points from 2008. The FTC is releasing a new animated video showing how people can file a complaint, and offers…
Category: Misc
Should public speakers be required to reveal their identities?
Today’s Beaufort Observer has a point-counterpoint and commentary on the issue of anonymous public speech: The Raleigh News & Observer has an article today (2-22-10) that we find interesting and know that some of you will also. How do we know? Because the issue is often raised by some of our readers. The issue? Whether…
Is it Ethical to Harvest Public Twitter Accounts without Consent?
Michael Zimmer has posted another ethical question this week: While participating in the workshop on Revisiting Research Ethics in the Facebook Era: Challenges in Emerging CSCW Research, the question arose as to whether it was ethical for researchers to follow and systematically capture public Twitter streams without first obtaining specific, informed consent by the subjects….
Jilted lover fly-posts pics of ex-boyfriend’s privates
Paul O’Mahony reports: An 18-year-old woman in northern Sweden has been charged with harassment after taping pictures of her ex-boyfriend’s private parts on lampposts near his home. The scorned teen also scrawled her 24-year-old ex-boyfriend’s name and phone number on the pictures, along with an unflattering comment about the size of his sex organ, Expressen…