FreeMySpace.com Relaunches - Submit Your Stories of Censorship!
The creators of CensorSpace.com have relaunched FreeMySpace.com as the ultimate portal concerning MySpace censorship. The new site includes a system for users to submit, vote on, and promote their stories of censorship. As well as a detailed history of MySpace including information about the sites true founding, Tom Anderson, insider trading, and more.
Michael Bloomberg for President? How An Independent Businessman Turned Mayor Could Turn American Politics On Its Ear
Like most consumers of media, I am already burnt out on the race to 2008. I have watched all of the televised forums and debates to this point and plan on watching the CNN hosted Democratic and Republican debates next week. Why do I keep watching these forums? Because I am looking for a glimpse of hope in the two dozen presidential candidates currently in the running.
The Republicans have a few high profile candidates who are oscillating to the right to capture the GOP nomination. The Democrats are talking a good game, as they did in the 2006 midterm elections, but I find the
MySpace Devalued Photobucket Then Purchased Them In $250-million Acquisition
Photobucket has been MySpace’s number one public enemy for the last month after MySpace censored and blocked Photobucket’s new video services from being used on MySpace.com. Photobucket took this to the public unleashing a massive outcry from internet users. Just weeks after Photobucket’s services were re-enabled on MySpace.com, MySpace and News Corp are now purchasing Photobucket for around $250-million.
By blocking Photobucket’s efforts to expand into a new market MySpace made Photobucket look weak and worth less to investors and potential buyers for a lot of Photobucket’s traffic comes from embed codes placed in MySpace profiles. In other words, News Corp and MySpace used
Digg.com Censorship Causes User Revolt
The social news website Digg.com has experienced a revolt by its users after site moderators began proactively censoring its users. The site’s staff removed a news submission containing a string of code related to hacking HD-DVDs claiming the string of code was somehow copyrighted or intellectual property. Aside from the legality of the string of code, the tech community that once populated Digg is now up in arms over the deletion of accounts of users who tried to simply raise questions as to why the original was removed. The string of code is now synonymous with Digg’s breaking of public trust as the site
The French Presidential Election: Mixing Entertainment, Politics, and the Future of Europe
Internet users who are not particularly interested in international politics may be surprised at the number of stories they encounter daily about the upcoming French presidential election. The French have a runoff system where a majority of votes is needed by one candidate to avoid a second round. This second round features the runner up from the original voting, which makes for an interesting conversion from a cacophony to a debate on a national scale. This Sunday, millions of French voters will help decide their nation’s fate based on a mixture of crass advertisement reminiscent of American campaigns and a desire to shake off the