The issue of internet security has arisen in a number of shapes and forms as this new medium of communication expands. Just like other technologies before it, the younger generation have been said to adapt to it faster than the old, but one article in particular highlights the need for parents to get up to date and monitor their children's activity as well as mediate their own. New laws have been placed through parliament which supposedly are to supposed to protect internet rights. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) Internet Securtiy Bill has been voted upon in the U.S. House of Representatives to a 248-168 final tally. The Bill specifically looks at protecting against cyber attacks and investigating such attacks by sharing information concerning such security. Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was the predecessor to this bill and along with the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) Bill. Both bills were under intense scrutiny by groups like Facebook and others which have attempted to stop the passage of such bills before proper and intense discussion about some of the clauses within the bill which was delayed by Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid and placed back into law. http://tiny.cc/2ipoew
The African continent has increased it's use of monetary transfer by mobile phone especially in those areas where remoteness precipitates the need for greater interaction of business entities much like the Grameen initiative in Bangladesh. Kenya in particular is utilising mobile phones for business transactions for certain items. The widespread use of this is yet to be seen. http://tiny.cc/qhpoew
Given the numerous commencement speeches that exist, the one that received a lot of attention is that of Eric Schmidt of Google where he said that the challenge to college graduates is to take their eyes off of the screen for at least an hour a day and turn to the person they loved. The increased use of Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and Tumblr and numerous other social networks consume many a college students days, so the importance of interpersonal interaction being imputed on these graduates says a lot about the challenges faced in communication but also because of the utilization of many different avenues of communication.
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