Delete Internet Arab Terror

Anti-Zionist, anti-Israel and, yes, anti-Semitic, campaigns have made use of various Internet and Cyberspace fields, making the their own "occupied territories".

They have promoted a false version of history, have been moving hate and violence and have been engaged in terror of a new sort, political, economic, academic and even real dead terror.

It's about time we took back Holocaust denial Facebook pages, BDS web sites, propaganda news nets, Twiiter twerping and so much more, including all the new social media developments.

We sunk the flotilla.

We can delete this as well.

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The Socio-technical Advantages of Online News

The nine common socio-technical advantages of online news:

1. the ability to ‘have my say to the news media’

2. no cost

3. multitasking

4. more news choices

5. in-depth and background information

6. 24/7 updates

7. customization

8. ability to discuss news with peers

9. the existence of different viewpoint


Just in case you didn't notice.

Social Media Failure for IDF

Israeli Raid Canceled After Facebook Leak
By ROBERT MACKEY

Updated | 4:12 p.m. Israel’s Army Radio reported on Wednesday that a raid on suspected militants in the West Bank planned for Wednesday was called off by the country’s military because a soldier posted details of the operation on Facebook.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz explained that the soldier posted a status update letting friends know that his unit was preparing to go to a West Bank village near Ramallah: “On Wednesday we clean up Qatanah, and on Thursday, god willing, we come home,” the soldier wrote.

Haaretz added that the soldier, who has been relieved of combat duty, “also disclosed the name of the combat unit, the place of the operation and the time it will take place.” After noticing his indiscretion, Haaretz reports, “Facebook friends then reported him to military authorities.”

According an Associated Press report from Jerusalem, “the soldier was court-martialed and sentenced to 10 days in prison.” The A.P. adds:

A military statement added that it is cracking down on soldiers’ use of social networking Web sites and has launched a campaign warning of the dangers of sharing military information online. “Uploading classified information to social networks or any Web site exposes the information to anyone who wishes to view it, including foreign and hostile intelligence services,” the military statement read. “Hostile intelligence agents scan the Internet with an eye toward collecting information on the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), which may undermine operational success and imperil IDF forces.” [...]

What an idiot.

Internet Observation

The Internet is very good at generating gossip, but lousy at the dogged work of transforming rumor into news.

Ross Douthat

Suggested Reading

Heard of the "walled garden" system of Internet manipulation at online media outlets?
Neither did I.

So, go here and read.

I did.

And I am better off for it.

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Know what a "Kreisky child" is?

No?

Then read this.

Google's "Wave"

Oiysh.

A new technology.

Netanyahu Goes Obama-style

Ron Dermer, one of Mr. Netanyahu’s top campaign advisers, is quoted in the New York Times as saying: “We’re all in the same business, so we took a close look at a guy who has been the most successful and tried to learn from him. And while we will not use the word ‘change’ in the same way in our campaign, we believe Netanyahu is the real candidate of change for Israel.”

and the story goes on:

Sani Sanilevich, who is managing Mr. Netanyahu’s Internet campaign, said the Web was one of the biggest focuses of the campaign, and with good reason.

“The main advantage of the Internet is the ability to communicate with citizens and people directly,” he said. “You can actually hear them and get them involved in this campaign. The whole idea is, together we can succeed.”

The phrase “Together we can succeed” is the campaign slogan on the Netanyahu site, and it echoes, to some extent, Mr. Obama’s “Yes we can.”

Actually, if you do go to the site you will find that Bibi's party, the Likud, is totally marginalized, minimalized and virtually (pun!) done away with.

The site exudes a very personal campaign but he did that before in 1996 to a great extent.

Of course, despite the wide use of Internet in Israel (see here and also here), the ability of a candidate, like Obama has accomplished, to motivate, involve and organize voters via a web site is virtually untested. Exactly what affects the voter is a bit unknown. The TV election spot ads, all shown within a specific time slot, are notorious for being a waste although what they do do is engender stories and debates while holding the fort for the party. Don't forget, Israel votes party lists, not candidates. There is no split vote for the Knesset.

But, at least Bibi made the New York Times which will boomerang back in Israel.

Which was probably the whole point of the article.

Public Service Message

Internet addiction is a 'clinical disorder'

Obsessive internet use is a public health problem which is so serious it should be officially recognised as a clinical disorder, according to a leading psychiatrist.

They suffer four symptoms: They forget to eat and sleep; they need more advanced technology or more hours online as they develop 'resistance' to the pleasure given by their current system; if they are deprived of their computer, they experience genuine withdrawal symptoms; And in common with other addictions, the victims also begin to have more arguments, to suffer fatigue, to get lower marks in tests and to feel isolated from society.

Early research into the subject found highly educated, socially awkward men were the most likely sufferers but more recent work suggests it is now more of a problem for middle-aged women who are spending hours at home on their computers.

Psychiatrist Dr Jerald Block said some sufferers were so addicted to the internet that they required medication or even hospital treatment to curb the time they spent on the web.

He said: "The relationship is with the computer. It becomes a significant other to them. They exhaust emotions that they could experience in the real world on the computer through any number of mechanisms: emailing, gaming, porn."

He added: "It's much more acceptable for kids to talk about game use, whereas adults keep it a secret. Rather than having sex, or arguing with their wife or husband, or feeding their children, these adults are playing games."

Dr Block, of the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, in the USA, first made the claims in an editorial for the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Oum Obeyda

Here's what she looks like:-



Here's what she says:

Writing in French under the name “Oum Obeyda,” she has transformed herself into one of the most prominent Internet jihadists in Europe.

She calls herself a female holy warrior for Al Qaeda. She insists that she does not disseminate instructions on bomb-making and has no intention of taking up arms herself. Rather, she bullies Muslim men to go and fight and rallies women to join the cause.

“It’s not my role to set off bombs — that’s ridiculous,” she said in a rare interview. “I have a weapon. It’s to write. It’s to speak out. That’s my jihad. You can do many things with words. Writing is also a bomb.”

How Progress Progressed or, Internet History

Twenty-five years ago the Internet as we now know it was in the process of being birthed by the National Science Foundation. Since then it's been an information explosion. From e-mail to eBay, communication and shopping have forever changed.