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March 21, 2012 16:00 PM

Parliament: 716 Complaints On Social Networking Websites

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (Bernama) - The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) received 716 complaints on content of social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter last year, says Information Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

Of the total, 289 complaints were offensive or threatening, 247 false, 40 obscene and indecent, 124 hacking while 16 were others.

"MCMC also received 1,112 complaints on websites, blogs and emails," he said in reply to a supplementary question from Datuk Noraini Ahmad (BN-Parit Sulong) in Dewan Rakyat here today.

Rais also said that MCMC also received 693 complaints relating to phishing (attempts to steal data from data groups).

"Impersonation, fraud and abuse of social networking sites are committed for the sake of excitement and to broaden views without taking into account the negative aspects arising from the act.

"Some members of society forget that we have constraints and way of life which should be based on pure and religious values and customs."

He said that no less than 15 cases had been prosecuted in court adding the people still need to be educated and briefed on the matter.

"The use of television and having talks and preventive measures led to a drop in the number of cases. Parents and society must also play a role in enforcing the social constraints," he added.

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The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on March 19:

Late last year came word that a Dutch scientist had genetically tweaked one of the worlds most deadly bird flu viruses to make it more contagious to humans. In other words, a doomsday virus in a sneeze that could kill more than half of the people who caught it.

That chilling revelation set off an international furor over whether the details of that study and a similar one done by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison should be published in scientific journals.

Scientists argued that researchers need those details to better detect and fight a possible epidemic of the virus, known as H5N1. Security experts argued compellingly that the studies should be expunged of key details, lest terrorists use that information to unleash a devastating biological weapon.

Another fear if those details escape the lab: There are thousands of do-it-yourself biologists who can buy sophisticated devices to duplicate segments of DNA on eBay. Might they be tempted to recreate the killer virus, known as H5N1, in their garage labs, just for kicks?

So far, the journals Science and Nature have not published the studies, at the behest of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, a panel of experts that advises federal health officials.

But that could change soon. A panel of biologists assembled by the World Health Organization recommended recently that the full details of the experiments eventually be released, although WHO didnt set a timetable.

Talk about publish and perish.

We know that some researchers believe it is already too late, that enough details have circulated among scientists for them to deduce the recipe for the virus. We also know many researchers argue that censoring this study makes it harder to identify changes that might signal a virus is developing the ability to cause a pandemic Thats a powerful argument.

We oppose government censorship. Science works best when information flows freely.

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19-03-2012 06:22 Home Party Consultants need to take advantage of local internet marketing to build their businesses. This video explains how home party sales consultants can do effective internet marketing

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GUEST AUTHOR BLOG: How social influence marketing is about to change your business by Mark W. Schaefer author of "Return On Influence: The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing."

Source: McGraw-Hill

The latest trend is not being set by advertising executives, creative teams, or marketing wizards. Its emerging from the powerful and passionate voices of consumers, and the companies that are finding and measuring their ability to create buzz.

Influence has been one of the most studied aspects of politics, marketing, sociology, and psychology and yet it has never really been measured in a statistically valid way. Until now.

People creating content on blogs, Facebook and Twitter is an action. Having a link clicked, or a message tweeted, is an effect. Finally, there is something to measure in this field. In fact there are billions of actions and effects to measure and compare every day!

In the online world, the ability to move an idea or opinion through an engaged online network creates influence. To the extent a company can measure content moving through this system, we would be able to quantify one sliver of influence.

And that is historically important. Influence has been democratized.

Some of the biggest and brightest marketers and brands like Disney

Mark W. SchaeferAuthor, "Return On Influence"

Essentially, this is creating an entirely new marketing channel to complement traditional methods. And it's cost-effective too. Early results from case studies show the cost per impression is as good, or better, than paid advertising and it is ORGANIC since it is being generated by people who already love the brands.

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Pakistani Parliament House

Last week we reported on the controversy over Pakistan's Request for Proposals for a sophisticated Internet censorship system. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has vowed to stop the distribution of "blasphemous and objectionable content" over the Pakistani Internet, and was seeking a system capable of blocking up to 50 million URLs. Internet freedom activists rallied against the proposal and secured commitments from several major IT vendors not to bid for the project.

Now the Pakistani government appears to be backing away from the proposal. A member of the National Assembly, the lower house of Pakistan's legislature, told the Express Tribune that Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology had withdrawn the project "due to the concern shown by various stakeholders."

Yet the Pakistani officials in charge of the proposal have yet to confirm the reports. A spokesman from the IT Ministry told the Express Tribune that it would release a statement on Tuesday, but Ars was unable to find such a statement on the agency's website.

Critics of the censorship scheme hailed the news, but warned the fight was far from over.

"While these reports are promising, there is still a possibility that the Pakistani government could try to covertly implement a similar system," said Mike Rispoli, a spokesman for the advocacy group Access. His group collected more than 18,000 signatures opposing the scheme.

Rispoli called for new legislation prohibiting the Pakistani government from implementing such a censorship regime in the future.

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