Google, Yahoo, Privacy and censorship

16Jun/074

Google, Yahoo, Privacy and censorship

First, Google gets a rap on the knuckles for doing evil. According to Privacy International, Google’s the worst when it comes to keeping private data, that way.

On the other hand, Yahoo seems oblivious to the number of people it turns off, as it continues to squeeze flickr’s balls. In yet another case of Censorship, it’s filtering out “offensive content” in Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, and North Korea.

As expected, flickr users starting crying murder. And with protest art. Some whined on their blogs (like I am doing now), while some get quoted on Salon/Machinist.

(Aside: This is probably the most link-filled post I’ve ever written)

So, anyway. The point is – how long do you give flickr before they censor all kinds of images except cute kitten ones?

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Posted by Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan

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hari
June 16th, 2007 - 19:29

I really cannot understand this craze about photo sharing anyway.

With professional/amateur photography enthusiasts there is reason to share photos with a community of like-minded people.

Others: what do you gain out of sharing personal/family/vacation photos with the world at large?

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Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
June 16th, 2007 - 19:34

Perhaps, the same reason we all blog. Or, even, have friends. Let’s not question people’s motives, Hari.

What is the issue here is that one set of people decide what is ‘ok’ and what is ‘good’ and impose that on a larger set of people.

Now, That. Not done.

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Ashok
June 18th, 2007 - 10:42

Hari,

Seth Godin calls it the hobby economy.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/11/welcome_to_the_.html
The web seems to provide a platform for people to pursue things out of sheer passion and not necessarily for money

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hari
June 19th, 2007 - 08:37

Thanks for the link, Ashok.

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Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan is a copywriter, photographer and goofball from Chennai. He is also an archaeologist, historian and a city lover. He is currently a documentary film-maker and desk-monkey for a film production house.