by Matthew Nestel on Sep 09, 2009
imediaethics IDs iGoogle Gadget Grifter
The faceless man above has been outed by iMediaEthics. His name is David Pascual, and he is the person behind a...
Internet Ethics
by Matthew Nestel on Aug 25, 2009
New York Times: Profiting From Deceptive Ads They Decry
A New York Times Science section article decries fake turn-back-the-clock dietary pill ads misrepresenting famous personalities and deceiving online readership...
by Matthew Nestel , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Aug 25, 2009
Hijacked! NYDailyNews.com headlines’ traffic routed to fake sites through iGoogle Gadget
New York Daily News editors and management should be screaming at Google: "We've been robbed! " Unscrupulous companies are using...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Aug 03, 2009
MSNBC News Headline links to Kirsten Gillibrand campaign ad on iGoogle
When MSNBC.com business news headlines appear on my iGoogle page, I expect links to MSNBC news content--not to an advertisement...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 28, 2009
AP is Watching YOU : New meta-tag “beacons” track copyright violators
Journalism.co.uk reports the Associated Press has just announced its Big Brother-like "news registry." It's a "new system" that embeds meta-tags...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 21, 2009
Walter Cronkite saw problems with “news sources on the Internet”
In the Washington Post live Q&A section, Marlene Adler, chief of staff to the late Walter Cronkite, was available to...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jun 16, 2009
‘The Streisand Effect’ : How trying suppress public information can backfire
Mike Masnick, Techdirt blog, coined a term "The Streisand effect." David Canton defined it as "what happens when someone tries...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Apr 27, 2009
USA Weekend: Get Smart
The print version of USA Weekend promised an article on its front cover. It really looked good. The title, "MoneySmart:...
by Danielle Mastropiero on Apr 06, 2009
YouTube China Blocked After Political Video Surfaces
In what is being described by some bloggers as the Great Firewall of China, the Chinese government is making no...