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Just when you think you’re hip to all of the internet scams, a new one comes along. Each year the Internet Crime Complaint Center compiles a report on the most common internet crimes. Some of the scams included in their 2010 Internet Crime Report surprised me.   Like this article? Share it with others using this link: http://bit.ly/pyIVfB   Here’s their list of the top 10 internet crimes of 2010. Are you aware of each of these crimes, and alert …

A California class action lawsuit accuses news giant CNN of violating the rights of the disabled in its online news videos. The suit would compel CNN.com to include closed captioning with its videos. Currently the service provides just a written transcript of the audio.   CNN.com sued for failing to close-caption online video content Federal law enacted last fall will require this in the near future Video description also coming for vision-impaired Share this post with friends using this link: …

Oh, just about any time, I’d say. Right now, the internet remains – pick one – "abuzz," "afire," "electrified" about Weinergate. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) says someone hacked his Twitter account and sent an inappropriate photo to one of his Twitter followers.   Hacking social networking accounts can violate the law If you’ve been injured, or there’s good reason to find the culprit, try the cops Hackers may be offshore or out of reach, but evidence of the hack may …

I was fascinated over the weekend by the story of Rep. Anthony Weiner (Dem-NY). On Friday, someone allegedly sent a tweet from Weiner’s Twitter account to the account of a college student in Seattle. The tweet, which was presumably meant to be private but instead was visible to the world, included a link to a lewd photo.   Share this post with friends using this link: http://bit.ly/irUm1c   The story caught my attention because it seemed to evolve on a …

Congressmen Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Tex.) have cosponsored a bill to create new privacy protections for free-ranging teens. Called the "Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011," the bill has a list of dos and don’ts for websites and mobile apps targeting or used by teens. The bill also gives a good look at why federal laws are made.   New bill aims to curb the harvesting of data about kids Requires parental consent to tracking kids’, teens’ …