Search engine companies have agreed to blocking 100,000 search terms related to child abuse to make such images harder to find online.
Shares in the 140-character social network Twitter jumped 80% before falling back slightly to $46.10 each in the first few minutes of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Alongside major issues like the need for an influx of new contributors from more diverse backgrounds, one of the lesser-known challenges Wikipedia faces is the rise of “socking”, or sock puppetry
It is no secret that many of the protocols that make up the Web were not designed to accommodate a network such as the one that emerged in the early 90s. Protocols such as TCP/IP were built in an environment of trust, so they are prone to some inherent vulnerability and security flaws that allow distributed denial of service attacks, connection hijacking, IP spoofing, and other well-documented problems. But can we rebuilt it better?
Ulbricht has been arrested for involvement in running the Silk Road darknet marketplace for drugs, guns, and more – but is also alleged to have attempted to have an ex-employee tortured and then executed for fear of him giving evidence to the police.