Comments on: Heading to Oxford Univ. for Forum on “Child Protection, Free Speech and the Internet” http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:54:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-66470 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:48:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-66470 <strong>Violent Video Games & Youth Violence: What Does Real-World Evidence Suggest?...</strong> The website ProCon.org has a new debate online laying out the different perspectives about the question: "Do violent video games contribute to youth violence?" It includes citations for a wide variety of studies that come down on both sides of...... Violent Video Games & Youth Violence: What Does Real-World Evidence Suggest?…

The website ProCon.org has a new debate online laying out the different perspectives about the question: “Do violent video games contribute to youth violence?” It includes citations for a wide variety of studies that come down on both sides of……

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-64566 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:12:50 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-64566 <strong>Crowdsourcing & Community Policing Are Better Than Government Censorship...</strong> Over at Mashable, Ben Parr has a post ("Facebook Turns to the Crowd to Eradicate Offensive Content") expressing surprise that Facebook has a crowdsourcing / community policing solution to deal with objectionable content: Did you know that Facebook ha... Crowdsourcing & Community Policing Are Better Than Government Censorship…

Over at Mashable, Ben Parr has a post (“Facebook Turns to the Crowd to Eradicate Offensive Content”) expressing surprise that Facebook has a crowdsourcing / community policing solution to deal with objectionable content: Did you know that Facebook ha…

]]> By: Crowdsourcing & Community Policing Are Better Than Government Censorship — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-64564 Crowdsourcing & Community Policing Are Better Than Government Censorship — Technology Liberation Front Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:34:52 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-64564 [...] Private community policing beats public censorship: If larger, more popular online communities fail to take steps to establish private community standards, policymakers will suggest they should do it for them. Better that the various private online communities police themselves by “flagging & tagging” objectionable content than to have 5 unelected bureaucrats at the FCC (or FTC) regulating online speech for us.  As pointed out above, you can always escape private online communities. By contrast, you cannot escape blanket, one-size-fits all federal censorship efforts. [...] [...] Private community policing beats public censorship: If larger, more popular online communities fail to take steps to establish private community standards, policymakers will suggest they should do it for them. Better that the various private online communities police themselves by “flagging & tagging” objectionable content than to have 5 unelected bureaucrats at the FCC (or FTC) regulating online speech for us.  As pointed out above, you can always escape private online communities. By contrast, you cannot escape blanket, one-size-fits all federal censorship efforts. [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-63577 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:01:18 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-63577 <strong>Son of COPA?: H.R. 4059, "The Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act"...</strong> Rep. Bart Stupak, (D-MI) recently introduced the ''Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act'' (H.R. 4059), which would require mandatory online age verification for "any pornographic website accessible by any computer located within the United... Son of COPA?: H.R. 4059, “The Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act”…

Rep. Bart Stupak, (D-MI) recently introduced the ”Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act” (H.R. 4059), which would require mandatory online age verification for “any pornographic website accessible by any computer located within the United…

]]> By: Son of COPA?: H.R. 4059, “The Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act” — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-63575 Son of COPA?: H.R. 4059, “The Online Age Verification and Child Safety Act” — Technology Liberation Front Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:46:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-63575 [...] attempt to mandate online age verification is another dollar that could be spent on education and empowerment solutions or other law enforcement strategies, all of which could be put in place immediately to [...] [...] attempt to mandate online age verification is another dollar that could be spent on education and empowerment solutions or other law enforcement strategies, all of which could be put in place immediately to [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-63235 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:11:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-63235 <strong>Does TV Cause Violence Against Women? PTC's "Women in Peril" Report...</strong> The Parents Television Council (PTC) released a new report today entitled Women in Peril: A Look at TV's Disturbing New Storyline Trend. The report argues that "by depicting violence against women with increasing frequency, or as a trivial, even humo... Does TV Cause Violence Against Women? PTC’s “Women in Peril” Report…

The Parents Television Council (PTC) released a new report today entitled Women in Peril: A Look at TV’s Disturbing New Storyline Trend. The report argues that “by depicting violence against women with increasing frequency, or as a trivial, even humo…

]]> By: Does TV Cause Violence Against Women? PTC’s “Women in Peril” Report — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-63231 Does TV Cause Violence Against Women? PTC’s “Women in Peril” Report — Technology Liberation Front Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:58:44 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-63231 [...] and families who have different needs and values than me have the ability to craft their own “household media standard.”   I want each family to be empowered to make media content decisions for themselves such [...] [...] and families who have different needs and values than me have the ability to craft their own “household media standard.”   I want each family to be empowered to make media content decisions for themselves such [...]

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-63113 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:13:20 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-63113 <strong>Video Games, Free Speech & the Lunacy of "Ecogenerism"...</strong> I've been meaning to say something about this new paper by Renee Newman Knake of Michigan State University College of Law, which calls for a new paradigm to analyze, and then likely regulate, video game content. Knake's paper is entitled,...... Video Games, Free Speech & the Lunacy of “Ecogenerism”…

I’ve been meaning to say something about this new paper by Renee Newman Knake of Michigan State University College of Law, which calls for a new paradigm to analyze, and then likely regulate, video game content. Knake’s paper is entitled,……

]]> By: Video Games, Free Speech & the Lunacy of “Ecogenerism” — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/heading-to-oxford-univ-for-forum-on-child-protection-free-speech-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-63109 Video Games, Free Speech & the Lunacy of “Ecogenerism” — Technology Liberation Front Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:07:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21848#comment-63109 [...] approach when it comes to “regulating” content.  Here’s how I put it in a recent paper I presented at Oxford University: If it is the case that families now have the ability to [...] [...] approach when it comes to “regulating” content.  Here’s how I put it in a recent paper I presented at Oxford University: If it is the case that families now have the ability to [...]

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