...tion could be used, and who could have control of it. As Michael “Six” Silberman, an Informatics Ph.D. candidate at UC Irvine and SEAS ’08 explained, Facebook’s use of our personal information can only be surmised through the website’s terms of use, which grant it complete ownership and control over everything that’s ever appeared on it. “There’s no way to have a political, technical understanding of Facebook beyond the legal documents available...
...f czar Nicholas II, Putin has simply chosen to ignore the torrential political unrest brooding at his doorstep and focus on the logistics of his presidential campaign. Earlier this month, Putin launched his expansive campaign website, putin2012.ru, which promises a handful of judicial reforms and professes a dedication to fostering business and creating jobs. However, it is likely that Putin is aware (or should be) that he won’t be able to placat...
...into a governmental polar program, and if others such as the United States want to save their share, they will most likely have to match Russia’s expenditures. Available on the Secretariat of the Atlantic Treaty’s website, the report’s aim is clear from its title: “Strategy for the development of the Russian Federation activities in the Antarctic for the period until 2020 and longer-term perspective.” At every ATCM, consul...
...uth is, social media, internet media, and well, media media are everywhere. Each candidate is mentioned hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter every week. Their thousand watt smiles shine from the sidebars of your favorite website. And “trending articles” on Facebook bring the campaign to basically every college kid’s computer screen. Plus there are always the old faithful negative television spots and political talk show hosts. The proof is i...
It’s on roughly a third of all laptops in any given lecture hall, and one of your suitemates is, I guarantee, playing it right now. A Columbia student recently featured on the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire website revealed to the Spec his study habits: “I just did a lot of Sporcle and hoped for the best.” Welcome to the world that Sporcle has created. The website contains hundreds of quizzes on topics ranging from movies to history—anyone who se...
...nly started to pull back the curtain surrounding questions of privacy and security on the Internet. Can copyrights and trademarks be invoked on the Internet? More importantly, are distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, website defacements and hacks that are conducted to retrieve information really illegal since the “property” being targeted does not have an owner? The answers to these questions have the potential to change public opinion o...
...some cases tattered. This contrasts starkly with the classic basics found in the Gap’s other products, which suggests that products representative of Africa must be of poorer quality, or falling apart. (RED) explains on their website that they use the color red to signify that AIDS in Africa is an emergency. AIDS is, of course, a huge problem on the African continent, but the idea that “all of Africa” suffers from AIDS, or that AIDS afflicts Afri...
...pendents voted “yes” on the recall. Though most Dean supporters are Democrats—it is, after all, still the Democratic primary season—he has the potential to attract support from non-Democrats. Already, a “Republicans for Dean” website has been established, as has a “Dean Independents” website. Of course, Dean can still fall prey to the same mistakes McGovern made. Many have recently attacked him for changing his positions on issues like the Cuban...
...nce professor at Columbia, “People who count every dollar are not going to buy organic food.” Indeed, as a form of protest, ethical consumption is a luxury. Besides, to consume ethically, you must define your “ethics.” On its website, the British magazine Ethical Consumer posts a list of numerous sponsored boycotts, which range from major producers like Dolce and Gabbana (“for using a chimpanzee in an advert”) to flooring provider Tarkett, to cou...
...Post. Stephen Colbert offers College students “Super Fun Pack” For those college students who wanted to start a super PAC, a fundraising entity that can take unlimited money from donors, they need to look no further than the website of comedian Stephen Colbert’s PAC. Americans For a Better Tomorrow Tomorrow, the PAC’s moniker, is now offering a $99 super PAC starter kit. The kit comes with all the forms that need to be filed with the Federal Ele...
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