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URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

Care2

This trustee enforces policies and operation of the domain. is used and operated by Libya, they are within in their jurisdiction to seize domains that don't comply with their laws. the Libyan trustee felt that " that the content of [their] website was offensive, obscene and illegal according to Libyan Islamic Sharia Law. ".

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. This is true both of us as individuals, but also in terms of broader policy. ” Simon Mainwaring also has an insightful post on this topic.

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