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Top News: So far so good for Black Friday sales | E-commerce projections very robust | Chrome as a multi-tasker | Facebook privacy debate moves to UK

Black Friday: Promotions, tradition lure shoppers on Black Friday. Bargains bring out the crowds. Holiday sales forecast: E-Commerce growing  [...]

Industry Buzz & News: 6/04/10

Online Ad Market: Google quietly brings Twitter feeds to display ads. Publishing: Publishers see signs the iPad can restore ad money. Social Media: Why small businesses shouldn't   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 02/03/10

Campaigns: Dunkin' Donuts finds success with fan photos. American Greetings launches Twitter contest for Valentine's Day. Snickers uses social media, SEM to support 'lead spot' in Super Bowl ads. Ad Technologies: Google   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 01/27/09

Campaigns: VA Senate majority leader to Dem candidate: you will use web ads. Why most digital ads still fail to work. Local Search: AT&T to go after Yelp with Buzz.com Media:   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 01/11/10

Campaigns: Aflac is leaving its agency and taking the duck. NJ governor's race yielded small online spends. Analytics: 5 tips for investing in analytics. E-Mail Marketing:  [...]

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Obama Launches Cyber Security Arm; Seeks 'Tsar' to Oversee

On grounds that America's 21st century economic prosperity depends on them, President Barack Obama announced plans to protect the country's computer networks from cyber attacks. The Obama Administration   [...]

Aussie Gov't to Pilot Nationwide 'Net Filter

The Australian government is moving forward with plans to implement a nationwide online filter of objectionable material. The filter is one component of an $82 million cybersafety effort to protect children from exploitation and discourage adults from downloading illegal content, including terrorist materials or child pornography,   [...]

Indian Gov May Censor Google Earth

Following last month's terrorist situation in Mumbai, legal advocates in India demand that the country's High Court implement a "blur" on certain locations featured in Google Earth. Earlier this week it was revealed that the terrorists used a number of so-called "new" technologies, includi  [...]

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Americans Asked to Video, Tweet Their Voting Experience

YouTube, PBS and a number of other sponsors are encouraging voters to record adverse encounters at the ballots with video cameras, then upload them to Video Your Vote on YouTube. From VideotheVote.org: During the 2000 and 2004 elections, voters faced numerous problems at the polls: long lines, list purges, voter intimidation,   [...]

Ex-Clinton Aid Reps Phorm to Policy-Makers

Behavioral ad targeting firm Phorm selected Ricchetti, Inc., a lobbying firm headed by Steven Ricchetti, to represent its interests on Capitol Hill. Mr. Ricchetti was the deputy chief of staff to the Clinton Administration. His firm has also represented Sirius Satellite Radio and AT&T. Like US-based NebuAd, United Kingdom-based Phorm partners with ISPs to serve ads against data gathered from online activity. And while Phorm positions itself as   [...]

Senate Conflicted Over Notion of 'Privacy' in Online Advertising

Yesterday the Senate Commerce Subcommittee held an anticipated behavioral advertising hearing. Of particular concern to its opponents is the practice of serving ads to users based on their online activity. Such capabilities have been compared to browser hijacks and wire  [...]

Public Knowledge, Free Press Launch Preemptive Strike on Behavioral Targeting Hearing

The Senate Commerce Committee's has rescheduled its online behavioral targeting hearing for July 9. On the eve of the hearing, Public Knowledge, Free Press and the Center for Democracy and Technology will hold a debate contesting the safety of behavioral targeting, reports MediaPost. Prior to the   [...]

McCain Lags Behind Obama in Online Fundraising, Social Networking Popularity

The Republican party, represented by John McCain in the 2008 Presidential election race, lags behind Barack Obama's Democrats in online fundraising and social media, reports BusinessWeek. Republicans have devoted most of their focus to disseminating messages on traditional venues, including on TV -- which still costs plenty, but returns less audience share than in previous generations. Meanwhile, Democr  [...]

Facebook May Face Class Action Suit, Fueled by Canadian Law School Students

The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has filed a privacy complaint against Facebook, asserting it violates the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. "Facebook does not make a reasonable effort to advise users of the purposes for which their personal information is used," the group wrote. "Facebook also does not advise users of the extent of their personal information that will be shared by joining a network." Facebook spokesmen denied tha  [...]

MySpace Bug Unearths 'Private' Photos

A MySpace bug was discovered last week that allows anyone to view photos set private by the user, including users who mark themselves "under age 14," which automatically renders their profiles private to anyone outside their networks. The loophole was discussed on message boards as far back as three months. Wired cites an October forum exchange between two self-described "pedo soldiers" who  [...]

Shop.org Forms Policy Advisory Group

Shop.org, an association for online retailers, hopes a foray into advocacy and online policy will prove a powerful means to sound off on issues like spyware, fraud and net neutrality. According to DM News, Shop.org will form a Policy Advisory Group that will expand the lobbying efforts of the National Retail Federation to include online issue  [...]

WikiScanner Unleashes Much Ado About Propaganda on Wikipedia

Government agencies have been pinned as the origins of more than 11,000 changes to articles over Wikipedia.com, according to The Globe and Mail. The information appeared after yesterday's news on the Wiki  [...]

Scanner Tool Unearths Corporate Roots Behind Wikipedia Edits

The anonymity the internet provides is a two-way street: though it allows complete freedom, it contributes to the wild west that is the web, more often than not. Wikipedia Scanner hopes to alter that trend, at least a little. Wikipedia Scanner traces IP addresses, revealing occasionally disturbing, though unsurprising, evidence on what kind of people are making changes on company wiki pages: oftentimes, the companie  [...]

Rights Group Sues Yahoo, Alleging Help in China Torture

A human rights group sued Yahoo on Wednesday, accusing the Internet giant of abetting the torture of pro-democracy writers by releasing data that allowed China's government to identify them, writes The Washington Post. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, says the company was complicit in the arrests of 57-year-old Wang Xiaoning and other Chinese  [...]

Video Blogger Calls Release from Jail a Win

After 226 days of incarceration, video blogger Josh Wolf says his release from jail is a victory for himself and the press, reports CNET. Wolf had been imprisoned since last year, when he refused prosecutors' demands that he hand over the full video of a protest during which a police officer was injured. Wolf claimed a First Amendment principle was at stake, saying he was in fact a journ  [...]