It’s the Wild West out here on the Internet. While individual social media companies face lawsuits over copyrights, privacy and antitrust violations, Washington debates bills like SOPA and PIPA to help redefine the law for the Digital Age. This infographic from the Socially Aware blog examines the key moments that led us to what can only be described as a hot, electrically-charged mess.
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The political debate over Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination has gone beyond CNN, ABC and, MSNBC and is going virtual on YouTube. Today, both the Republicans and Democrats uploaded videos to their respective YouTube channels touting their opinions about the possible new Justice-to-be in a YouTube political battle.
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Justice John Paul Stevens just turned 90 years old on Tuesday. As an aging member of society, it is no wonder that he and some of his fellow justices have no idea what certain new technologies are, how they are different from each other, why we need them, etc. But since, as members of the high court, they are the final word on justice in America, does it make sense that these men and women lack a basic understanding of just the beginning of a slew of technical issues likely to come before them in the next few years?
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