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Facebook emotion study examined by Canadian privacy commissioner
Facebook emotion study examined by Canadian privacy commissioner
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/facebook-emotion-study-examined-by-privacy-commissioner-1.2695145
“… European regulators are probing the matter, with the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office working with counterparts in France and Ireland (where Facebook’s European operations are located) to get more details on the study.”
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How to report a problem AND get an underage kid off facebook.
YouTube, following Netflix, is now publicly shaming internet providers for slow video
YouTube, following Netflix, is now publicly shaming internet providers for slow video By Zachary M. Seward and Herman Wong Jul 5 2014
<http://qz.com/230603/youtube-like-netflix-is-now-publicly-shaming-internet-providers-for-slow-video/>
When videos blur, buffer, or won’t play altogether, YouTube is now pinning the blame on your internet service provider. “Experiencing interruptions?” reads the message in a blue bar underneath choppy video, as seen in the above screenshot. Clicking “find out why” brings you to Google’s new website, where it displays video playback quality for internet service providers (ISPs) in various countries. It’s like a report card for your delinquent ISP. Google, which owns YouTube, has a strong interest in deflecting blame for poor video quality. The US government is considering new “net neutrality” regulations that could affect how information, particularly data-heavy streaming video, flows through the internet. ISPs would like to see more of the responsibility placed on video services like YouTube and Netflix, which account for a growing portion of internet traffic. YouTube’s new notification is similar to one Netflix recently displayed to customers. “The Verizon network is crowded right now,” it said, for instance, when video playback was slow. Verizon called the message“deliberately misleading” and threatened legal action. Netflix defended its finger-pointing but stopped doing it last month. The YouTube notification is more subtle, but the intent is the same. In Google’s view, ISPs are responsible for maintaining the capacity to deliver high-quality video streams. Internet providers argue that crowded networks are inevitable, and video services should find less congested routes for their data, including direct connections that ISPs charge money to set up. Video companies have derided those “fast lanes” even as they sometimes pay for them to improve quality of service. [snip]
“For Official Use Only” is Used Too Much at DHS, House Says
“For Official Use Only” is Used Too Much at DHS, House Says
Posted on Jun.26, 2014 in Secrecy by Steven Aftergood
http://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2014/06/dhs-fouo/
There is too much information that is marked “For Official Use Only” at the Department of Homeland Security, the House Appropriations Committee said in its report on DHS Appropriations for 2015. Efforts to sort out what is really sensitive have “wasted substantial staff resources,” the report said. Therefore, the Committee would require any official who marked a document FOUO to identify himself or herself on the document, along with a justification for doing so.
The Committee inaptly described the use of FOUO controls as a problem of “overclassification,” and spoke of “classifying” records as FOUO. Strictly speaking, however, national security classification and FOUO are mutually exclusive domains. Classified records cannot be marked as FOUO, and information or documents that are FOUO are by definition unclassified. Still, the Committee’s point is clear.
Here is the Committee language from its June 19 DHS Appropriations report: Over-Classification of Information……
“The Committee is concerned with the number of reports, briefings, and responses to requests for information that are designated by the Department as “For Official Use Only” (FOUO), often without a consistent and appropriate review as to why information requires such a classification.
As a consequence, both the Committee and the Department have wasted substantial staff resources deliberating over what information can and could be publicly disclosed. The Committee directs that all reports, briefings, or responses to requests for information provided to the Committee that are classified as FOUO include the name(s) and title(s) of the personnel that made the designation and the specific reasons for the classification based on requirements detailed in DHS Management Directive 11042.1, which provides guidance for safeguarding sensitive but unclassified FOUO information.”