The latest revelations about Facebook come to confirm what many of us knew or strongly suspected already: The profit motive is the main driving force behind Mr Zuckerberg’s Empire, which also includes Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. Our social media is for Mr Zuckerberg and his main investors just convenient economic media as they reach for…
Having covered the rules that protect your access to the data of others in our previous article, the natural follow up is to discuss how your personal data is protected. Data privacy has become an increasingly prominent issue, especially where it involves the commercial use of personal information gathered by ISPs and companies like Google…
Having discussed how data is registered and located on the worldwide web, there is one more factor to discuss concerning your connection to the internet. As the data moves across the network of cables, it passes through a series of servers and cables controlled by a wide variety of Internet Service Providers (ISP). There are…
In my previous article in the “Codifying the Cyber Commons” series, I discussed how the data that makes up the internet physically moves around the world. However, to start that movement, someone first needs to have made data available and somebody else to request the data that is relevant for her/him. There are millions of…
Today, everything seems to be at our fingertips. The internet brings a wealth of information, entertainment, and products to our door on demand. You can take classes from world renowned experts and start new businesses with a series of keystrokes. The web has also become a tool of social change. Crowdfunding sites such as Global…
Is the new linking legislation going to break the internet? Traditional media are pressuring lawmakers to introduce link censorship laws in the EU.
Users of Google can fill out a form and request the delisting of their information, which is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Since launching its webform for the right to be forgotten requests in May, Google has reported that 174,266 requests have been filed for 602,479 links
