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Photo moderators for Facebook and other popular websites are contracted out, some of those negotiations even crossing international boundaries, according to article in The Daily Beast.

The Daily Beast launched an investigation on Facebook censorship after the popular social media website banned The New Yorkers page for containing a cartoon of a naked man and woman where the womans breasts were represented as two black dots.

Eventually, Facebook lifted the ban, calling it a mistake.

On first thought, the words Facebook moderators sound appealing. The site is so popular, so some form of regulation needs to be in place. Remember when users were exposed to image after image of women breastfeeding? People do not want to see that.

That being said, things are going to get tricky when Facebook employs a staff of moderators who hail from several different countries.

Those moderators are going to have varying codes of ethics, which will only lead to a confusing array of guidelines about whats permissible to post and whats not. In fact, moderators from the same country even could have different definitions of whats appropriate.

Finally, its understandable that The New Yorker faux pas occurred. The moderators have to sit there, sifting through photo after photo after photo, most of them probably tasteful. Then something slightly questionable such as The New Yorker cartoon pops up, and the moderators see reason to label it inappropriate. Also, the moderators probably didnt even realize the image was from The New Yorker. After clicking through so many photos, theyre probably not paying much attention to where those photos are coming from.

Looking forward, it will be interesting to see if Facebook comes up with any new tools to identify what content is and isnt appropriate. However, it seems unlikely that the company will ever be able to eradicate every inappropriate post on its site.

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'Don't use social networking e-mail id for online transctions' Symantec MD Shantanu Ghosh replied to a query on steps needed to be protected from cyber attacks Press Trust of India / Chandigarh Sep 13, 2012, 19:25 IST

Security software maker Symantec today advised internet users not to use e-mail ids being used for social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter for carrying out online banking or business transactions in order to prevent stealing of financial data.

"They (internet users) should be more cautious while on social networking sites. They should have separate e-mail id for social networking site and other e-mail id for carrying out transactions like banking," Symantec MD Shantanu Ghosh told reporters here while replying to a query steps needed to be protected from cyber attack on social networking sites.

"Cyber attackers then can try to get into your e-mail ids through malware on these sites and try to steal vital information like credit card information," he said.

He said not to click on any "untrusted" link in their e-mails or social networking site as it also poses threat of stealing important financial information of the user.

Ghosh also cited an example when a malware in the name of bollywood female actor Katrina Kaif video was received by internet users on their e-mail ids in India and later it was found that the malware was intended to steal credit card information of the user.

Acknowledging that the number of malwares in the cyber world has grown to millions in India in last few years, he also stressed on be cautious on framing a secure password for their e-mail ids to avert any cyber attack.

"Some users use e-mail password as wife's birth date or anniversary day or birth year and most of these details are available on their social networking site account and it can also be misused by cyber attackers," he said.

He added that small and medium business in cities like Chandigarh, Surat, Jaipur are facing the threat of cyber attack because of less spending by small entrepreneurs on security technology and growing use of internet.

"Small cities, including Chandigarh, are sharing good amount of malware activity...(because) these companies are not spending much on security technology which makes them vulnerable to cyber attack," Ghosh said.

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By Paul Schott

The Board of Education has a new status update: It has approved revisions to the Westport school district's social-networking policy.

The changes do not alter the scope of the district's policy. Instead, they essentially revise some of the policy's structure and wording, with the intention of making the district's social media regulations clearer and more specific for Westport educators. The new version, for instance, updates the policy's list of regulated social media to include Instagram, a photo-editing and sharing app whose popularity has exploded since the board approved the original social networking policy in April 2011. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and MySpace were already covered in the first version.

"There was no intent to change the scope of the policy; it is to be more specific," acting Board of Education Chairman Jim Marpe told the Westport News on Tuesday, a day after the board approved the revisions. "It's an attempt, I believe, to make it easier for our employees to read and see what we're talking about."

The approved changes constitute the first update to the school district's social-networking policy since it was adopted last year. Superintendent of Schools Elliott Landon recommended updating the policy in an Aug. 13 letter to the board to "address the changing landscape with regard to social networking."

Landon expressed satisfaction Monday with the adopted version of the updated policy approved by the school board.

"This will probably become a policy that is recommended to districts throughout the state," Landon said. "Its message is clear. It protects the rights of the individuals who exercises their First Amendment rights and it also protects kids.

Education board members said they expect the district's policy to be periodically updated in the future.

"We're going to have to see where society and technology goes," said board member Mark Mathias. "It's better than it was. I think it improves and clarifies it."

No audience members commented on the policy at Monday's meeting.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 13, 2012) - ON24, Inc., the global leader in webcasting and virtual event solutions, today announced a new family of enterprise social networking widgets.Integrated within ON24 Platform 10, the new Salesforce.com Chatter, VMware Socialcast and Microsoft Yammer widgets significantly enhance the social networking capabilities of online events powered by ON24, including webcasts, virtual shows and virtual briefing centers.

"Social media is playing an increasingly important role in enhancing the effectiveness of enterprise webcasting," said Steve Vonder Haar, senior analyst with Wainhouse Research. "By providing tools that enable the integration of enterprise social media applications, such as Chatter, Socialcast and Yammer, ON24 is supplying solutions that make it easier for employees to be engaged with virtual events and corporate webcasts."

In addition, ON24 is releasing a Cover Flow widget designed especially for virtual training. It enables the addition of a playlist of on-demand videos to a webcast and features a carousel-style presentation that creates a visual content library. The widget allows the audience to browse thumbnail images of the videos and then play them immediately within the webcast environment, increasing engagement and helping to deliver a cohesive story by providing relevant background and/or refresher information.

"With these new widgets, we are enhancing the power of virtual communications solutions for enterprise business applications," said Tom Masotto, vice president of product management at ON24. "Our focus is on building widgets to support employee training and collaboration specifically."

The new widgets join an existing widget line-up of more than 30 application widgets that support ON24's "One Widget, Any Platform" architecture, designed and built to extend virtual event reach and engagement. ON24 offers widgets for applications ranging from breakout sessions and collaborative idea brainstorming to integration with social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. ON24 widgets are based on Flash technology, and ON24's open architecture means that third-party developers can create and add their own application widgets for the ON24 platform.

Specific features and functions of ON24's new widgets include:

"The depth and breadth of the ON24 solution continue to define the virtual communications market," commented Masotto. "No other company can deliver the scalability and performance of ON24, and no other provider has ON24's suite of products and the open Platform 10 widget architecture. This combination delivers a unique set of tools designed to empower our customers -- enabling them to create engaging virtual events and environments that deliver maximum value and ROI."

About ON24, Inc. ON24, the virtual communications platform for the global enterprise, provides interactive, impactful cloud-based solutions that drive outstanding results. ON24 offers a broad and innovative product portfolio, including webcasting, virtual events and virtual environments, accessible from any device and supported by robust reporting and analytics. Applications for the ON24 platform include demand generation, partner enablement, training, product launches, company town hall meetings and user conferences. More than 700 organizations, including IBM, CA Technologies, Merck, Unilever, JPMorgan Chase, Deloitte, Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young, Amazon and New York Life, rely on ON24. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices throughout the world. For more information, visit http://www.ON24.com.

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4SCs Anti-Cancer Drug Resminostat achieves Median Overall Survival of 8.0 Months in Second-Line Advanced Liver Cancer (HCC) Patients

- Overall survival (OS) data from Phase II SHELTER trial in advanced liver cancer (HCC)to be presented at 2012 ILCA Conference in Berlin, Germany, on 16 September 2012

- Median OS of 8.0 months in resminostat/sorafenib combination group is highest OS value to date in clinical trials in comparable second-line HCC patient populations

- OS correlates with previously reported median progression-free-survival of 4.7 months

- Innovative epigenetic mode of action (tumour re-sensitisation), convincing signals of efficacy and favorable safety profile underline further development of resminostat as a combination therapy with sorafenib in first- and second-line advanced HCC

- Pivotal Phase III trial in second-line HCC planned to start by mid 2013 preferably with a partner

Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, 13 September 2012 - 4SC AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard: VSC), a discovery and development company of targeted small molecule drugs for autoimmune diseases and cancer, announced today the publication of convincing overall survival data from a Phase II study with its lead anti-cancer drug resminostat applied as a novel combination therapy approach with sorafenib in second-line advanced liver cancer at the 2012 annual meeting of the International Liver Cancer Association in Berlin, Germany, on 16 September 2012.

The international, open-label, two-arm SHELTER study enrolled patients with advanced liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC) who had shown proven radiological tumor progression under first-line therapy with the cancer drug sorafenib (Nexavar(R). The study investigated safety and efficacy of resminostat as a monotherapy and in combination with sorafenib in this patient group with currently no approved treatment option.

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