Tag: CENSOR

Digg is like the Roman Colosseum of public opinion, a place where Web content jostles for votes in the hopes of becoming "popular," and making the vaunted front page. In theory, it's a pretty democratic system. Occasionally, though, one group of like-minded users may stuff the ballots, and push an otherwise obscure article into the spotlight. Or, in some cases, they may even kill stories with ...

With all the buzz surrounding the debut of Google's new Nexus One phone, it seems there was one feature that mostly went unnoticed. This mobile device might not be ideal for sailors -- or for people who talk like them. According to Reuters, the phone's voice-to-text feature censors certain four-letter words by inserting '#' signs in lieu of the offending letters. It's true, no bull####. Still, ...

The free flow of information is one of the basic rights those in open societies claim as an advantage over those who live in closed societies, and one right many Web surfers may take for granted. Case in point: if you lived in China right now, you'd find your access to YouTube denied as that country attempts to block its sizable population from viewing videos of recent demonstrations in Tibet's ...

Why is it suddenly so hard to find a free bathroom stall at work? Well, it's not the new chili recipe in the cafeteria -- it's the Internet! According to a new survey of 2,000 people by T-Mobile and YouGov, 26 percent of office workers are blocked from accessing the Web at work, which has led to many people bringing their Web-capable cell phones with them to the john. The survey found that 23 ...