Category «Blogs»

CEO Seeks SEC Approval to Satisfy Fair Disclosure Requirement Using Websites and Blogs

Excerpt of letter sent by Sun Microystems, Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, on October 2, 2006: “As adopted, Regulation Fair Disclosure’s requirement of widespread dissemination can be met through the filing of a Form 8-K or “through another method (or combination of methods) of disclosure that is reasonably designed to provide …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Government Documents, Securities Law

CDT's Internet Watch List

“Nine Legislative Efforts that Must Be Stopped in 2006 – As Congress mounts its final push before the midterm elections, a number of bills that threaten the bedrock of Internet privacy and civil liberties could either come up for votes or worm their way into larger legislative packages that end up being rushed into law. …

Subjects: Blogs, Civil Liberties, Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy

DHS Grant to Rutgers Project to Identify Possible Terrorist Activity

“Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has received a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to lead a consortium researching advanced information analysis and computational technologies to protect the nation. The university’s Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) will head a consortium that will focus on …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

President of Iran Launches Blog Concurrent With Blocking Websites and Blogs

As reported by Reuter’s [via this ABCnews.com link], Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a blog on this website, which English speaking users may read by clicking the second icon located under the photo of the president, located on the far right hand side of the home page. See also this related AP article, Iranian censors …

Subjects: Blogs, Censorship, Civil Liberties

Human Rights Watch Report on Chinese Internet Censorship

Press release: “In the 149-page report, “Race to the Bottom: Corporate Complicity in Chinese Internet Censorship, Human Rights Watch documents how extensive corporate and private sector cooperation – including by some of the world’s major Internet companies – enables…China’s system of Internet censorship and surveillance.” Race to the Bottom: Corporate Complicity in Chinese Internet Censorship …

Subjects: Blogs, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Internet