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Sep
05

Should Craigslist’s “Adult Services” Be Censored? [POLL]

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This weekend, Craigslist removed its notorious “Adult Services” classifieds section in U.S. markets and replaced it with a black bar that read “censored,” implying that pressure from law enforcement or the legal and political systems of the country became too much to resist.

Craigslist is playing for sympathy, but will it get that sympathy from the public? We’ve put together this poll to find out.

There’s something to be said for the free flow of information on the Internet; you know we believe in that general rule. But Adult Services (formerly “Erotic Services”) has been used by prostitutes since its inception — and by at least one serial killer who hunted them. Craigslist stood to gain $36 million in revenue from the adult services classifieds in 2010 according to an estimate from the Advanced Interactive Media (AIM) Group.

Was Craigslist profiting from prostitution, or facilitating free speech and standing for the fundamental principles on which the Internet and the United States were both (supposedly) founded? Answer in our poll, and feel free to discuss your answer in the comments.

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    Aug
    23

    Russia, Turkey Top List Of Riskiest Places To Surf The Web

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    According to a study just released by security company AVG, Internet users in Russia and Turkey have the greatest chance of being attacked by viruses, with the average chance of a web surfer falling prey to an attack being at one in 10 and and one in 15, respectively.

    The security company looked at virus vulnerability in 100+ million PCs in 144 countries during the last week of July of this year. The United States (with one user in 48 being attacked) came in 9th place, the United Kingdom came in 30th with one in 63, Australia was 36th with one in 75 users being at risk.

    Japan lead at the other of the spectrum with a one out of 404 attack ratio, the safest of all countries studied.

    Most likely, Japan takes high billing in terms of web surfing safety because of a high proportion of Internet users in the general population (78.2%), coupled with widespread broadband access.

    According to the study, users in the high risk Caucasus region (Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) were hands down more vulnerable to attack, most likely because of higher frequency of accessing illegal download sites, as well as the continuing popularity of Internet cafes.

    Remember Internet cafes?

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