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Facebook Settles FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers By Failing To Keep Privacy Promises
"The proposed settlement bars Facebook from making any further deceptive privacy claims, requires that the company get consumers' approval before it changes the way it shares their data, and requires that it obtain periodic assessments of its privacy practices by independent, third-party auditors for the next 20 years."
facebook  privacy  usa  law  business  internet  web  social  data 
november 2011 by milkmiruku
brain of mat kelcey | do all first links on wikipedia lead to philosophy?
"this raises a number of questions: Q: though i wouldn't be surprised if it's true for most articles it can't be true for all articles. can it? Q: what's the distribution of distances (measured in "number of clicks away") from 'Philosophy'?
Q: by this same measure what's the furthest article from 'Philosophy'? Q: are there any other articles that are more common than 'Philosophy'? Q: what are the common paths to 'Philosophy'?"
blog  article  philosophy  knowledge  wiki  wikipedia  interesting  graph  data 
august 2011 by milkmiruku
A Bonny Wee Hack Day at #hhhglas | Scraperwiki Data Blog
"We had 8 teams of hacks and hackers digging around the Scottish data beat. ... With this special digger, fire incidents, planning applications, public-owned property and gifts councillors’ received have been mined."
hhhglas  scotland  internet  web  data  opendata  scrape  hack  hacking  hackday  local 
april 2011 by milkmiruku

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