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3 hours ago by Luke Heemsbergen, The Conversation Say hello to the new Ello. Ello

Ello is new social networking space on the web that is receiving a lot of attention of late so much that it's caused a few problems with the website out of action from time to time.

Ello's new popularity is in part because it offers a different view to representing and monitoring our digital selves than Facebook. But Ello's own privacy/public tradeoff is still evolving, and can teach us a lot about what privacy means online, and how contextual integrity, not just "personal integrity" matters.

Ello is a social networking platform that does not require people to use their real name when they sign up for an account (by invitation only at the moment). It protects users' patterns of use (their metadata) from Google. It does not sell any member information to third-parties such as advertisers. In fact, the free service promises to remain ad-free forever.

Instead, Ello offers an artistic and vaguely grown-up vibe (nudity is OK) with lots of white space, monospaced font, and is the hottest place to be on the web at the moment (if you still haven't been invited, then ping me).

Hello Ello

Created in January 2014, Ello exploded onto the social media scene in late September after some of Facebook's LGTBQ community in San Francisco were forced into becoming vocal and eloquent opponents of Facebook's real name policies.

The reasons for not wanting real name identities in social media are varied, but taken together, they rally against Mark Zuckerberg's oft quoted claim that:

[] having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.

Zuckerberg's quote is taken from the David Kirkpatrick's book The Facebook Effect. In it, Zuckerberg is explaining on a practical level how the amount of transparency the world now has won't support a person having two identities.

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Invite only: What non-members see on the Ello homepage.

To understand the buzz around Ello, consider why Jon Harney recently signed up for the social network.

Harney, an art director in New York, got an invitation to be part of Ello from a friend two months ago. He quickly registered after hearing that many of his artist and design buddies had also joined the service, which has no advertising. Those distinctions made Ello a counterpoint to Facebook, the world's largest social network, which shows promotions in users' feeds and doesn't require invitations.

"I don't want to see ads, I just want to see people posting interesting stuff," Harney, 29, said in an interview. With Ello, "the message of buy, buy, buy is toned down."

Harney is just one of the people flocking to Ello, a Vermont-based start-up that has caught the attention of users and investors since its debut on August 7. The free invite-only service receives more than 45,000 requests an hour, according to co-founder Paul Budnitz, who said he came up with Ello because "none of the social networks are fun anymore."

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The attention around Ello illustrates how even with Facebook and Twitter dominating the social-media landscape, there is still room for alternatives to grab users, especially as the larger networks have evolved into big businesses that cater to marketers as much as consumers. With a black and grey site that emphasises photos, Ello is designed instead to "be about conversation and high-quality content," Budnitz said in an interview.

Unlike Facebook, which requires members to sign up with their real names, people can also be anonymous on Ello and use different names. All the site asks for is an e-mail for registration.

Ello, which has raised $US435,000 ($496,720) from FreshTracks Capital, still faces hurdles in getting beyond its buzz. Other start-ups that have tried to challenge Facebook and put individuals in control of their data have ended up flopping, said Anand Sanwal at venture capital researcher CB Insights in New York.

Still, Ello is making some of the right moves by being invite-only and focusing on designers and artists initially, Sanwal said.

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Say Ello to the new social networking alternative to Facebook

The first argued case in the new Supreme Court term will be Heien v. North Carolina, a Fourth Amendment case about whether a reasonable mistake of law can create cause for a Fourth Amendment search or seizure. I think the defendant has the better argument that the answer is no. In this post, Ill explain the case and why I think the defense should prevail.

I. The Facts, and A Brief History of Brake-Light Law

The facts of the case are simple. A North Carolina police officer stopped a car for having a broken right rear brake light. The stop led to a consent search, and the search led to the discovery of drugs in the car. So far it sounds like a pretty routine Fourth Amendment traffic stop case. But heres the twist: If you look closely at thetext of North Carolinas traffic laws, its at best unclear whetheritprohibits driving with one broken brake light.

A little bit of history is helpful here. Decades ago, it was common for cars to come equipped with only one brake light. The early brake lights often had STOP written on them,and unsurprisinglythey were known as stop lamps. At the time, it was common for the traffic laws to require cars to have only one stop lamp.

Thats antiquated now, of course. But a lot of state laws still have a residual form of this. In particular, many state laws require one working stop lamp for antique cars but two such stop lampsfor more modern cars. To get a flavor of this common practice, see the laws of Florida, California, Texas, New York, Michigan, Tennessee, the District of Columbia, or Ohio.

North Carolinas traffic law is different. The key statutory provision requires that modern cars have a stop lamp but has no such requirement for pre-1956 cars.Heres the language:

No person shall sell or operate on the highways of the State any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, manufactured after December 31, 1955, unless it shall be equipped with a stop lamp on the rear of the vehicle. The stop lamp shall display a red or amber light visible from a distance of not less than 100 feet to the rear in normal sunlight, and shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot) brake. The stop lamp may be incorporated into a unit with one or more other rear lamps.

Violation of this law is a misdemeanor criminal offense, see N.C.G.S.A. 20-176.

Why require only one stop lamp for more modern cars and none for older cars? I have no idea. Its hard to know what the legislature was thinking. A few other states in the southern U.S. have traffic codes that also require only one stop lamp, perhaps just as a historical relic. See Alabamas code, for example, which dates back to 1927. Georgia, West Virginia, and South Carolina have similar language but add the additional requirement that all original equipment has to be working properly, which as a practical matter requires multiple working brake lights. See, e.g., Georgia 40-8-26; W. Va. Code Ann. 17C-15-18(a)(1); State v. Jihad, 553 S.E.2d 249 (S.C 2001) (interpreting South Carolinas brake light law). North Carolinas law appears to be somewhat unique. It has a provision that the originally-equipped tail lights have to be working (that is, the red lights that go on when the front headlights or parking lights are on), but it does not appear to apply that same standard to brake lights.

Ok, back to the case. At trial, Heien argued that the North Carolina traffic law did not prohibit driving with one broken brake light so long as the other brake light was working. After all, with one brake light out and the other working, the car did have a functioning stop lamp. The North Carolina Court of Appeals agreed with Heiens reading of North Carolinas law. Under its decision, driving with one broken brake light is perfectly legal in North Carolina.

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Question Alex Jones. This is an old video , but it is very telling how he plays the victim to dupe his audience to believe in his distortions.

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