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Archive for May 13th, 2009

Simon Wiesenthal Centre: Facebook used to ‘promote hatred of Jews’

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Simon Wiesenthal Centre: Facebook used to ‘promote hatred of Jews’: “Facebook was under increasing fire tonight for allegedly hosting pages
promoting hatred against Jews after a report found that militants and hate
groups were increasingly using social networking sites as propaganda tools
to recruit new members.”

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

ICO voices concern over creaking data protection law

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

ICO voices concern over creaking data protection law: “

Data Protection Directive approaching 15th birthday

The Data Protection Directive is old-fashioned and out of date, a report published by the UK’s privacy regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. Commissioner Richard Thomas said that the European Union must change its legislation.…

(Via The Register – Public Sector.)