Government Is Allowing Work On Deadly Pathogens

US scientists are allowed to proceed with research "on creating deadly mutant strains of Avian Flu and other dangerous pathogens."  Before they receive funding, the scientists must outline possible dangers of their research however on the bad side, they can now "freely publish their results and findings to the entire world."
These studies first began a year ago when a Dutch researcher had announced that he had created one of the most dangerous viruses in the world. A group of scientists at the University of Wisconsin had planned to perform a similar research intending to publish what they would find on "the deadliest pathogens".

The National Institute of Health has helped in making matters worse, allowing scientists to:
-Increase pathogenicity in mammals
-Disrupt the induction of a host's innate immunity
-Interfere with the effectiveness of an available vaccine
and -facilitate a viruses ability to evade detection methodologies

Michael Osterholm is an infectious disease researcher at the University of Minnesota and also a member of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Bio-security disagreed with the government's decision to allow any of the research work to be published world-wide, which would allow any lab in the world to copy the same work. Supposedly "This kind of research is done to protect humanity against terrorist groups, groups which may or may not have the skills or resources to create these deadly, unstoppable diseases."

http://www.allvoices.com/news/14108312-us-government-allows-work-on-insanely-deadly-pathogens-to-proceed

Racist Airplane Passenger Slaps a Two-Year Old

On February 8th a man named Joe Rickey Hundley supposedly slapped a crying two-year-old toddler during a flight from Minneapolis to Atlanta. Something is wrong with this man... maybe a little mentally messed up!
BEFORE he assaulted the child, he "reportedly called the boy a nigger." The kid's mother told police her son was crying right before landing and Hundley was sitting next to her and then proceeded to slap the boy in his face, leaving a scratch under one of his eyes. Hundley had said to the woman "shut that (n-word) baby up". Afterwards the child was crying even more, well obviously because a random stranger just hit him in the face.  Other spectators on the plane claimed Joe reeked of alcohol and was stumbling around wasted.
If charged guilty of assault the man could face up to a year in prison.

He also lost his job at AGC Aerospace and Defense company, as the CEO and president released a statement that he is no longer employed with the company because his behavior is  "offensive and disturbing".

http://gawker.com/5984944/racist-airplane-passenger-who-allegedly-slapped-a-two+year+old-toddler-is-now-out-of-a-job

Software That Helps Governments Spy On You

"Riot" software was developed by the Massachusetts- based security firm. It's meaning: Rapid Information Overlay Technology. It was designed to "quickly mine various social networks for an individual user's data". It uses previous posts to predict future behavior/ or your location at any given time. This software is capable of many things, one of many being its capabilities to find the top 10 places a person visits most often.
Geotagged photos can be laid out on a map, making it extremely easy for people to track you and see where  you've been.
This spy software has not yet been sold to federal authorities or any law enforcement agencies. If it eventually is, will that be a violation of privacy? Will social security numbers or private financial data be in jeopardy?

"Riot is a big data analytics system design we are working on with industry, national labs and commercial partners to help turn massive amounts of data into usable information to help meet our nation's rapidly changing security needs,"

http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/11/3975904/riot-software-could-help-governments-spy-on-you-with-social-networks

Gaza; War On Twitter and The Freedom Of Information Online, Yes or No?

The year of 2012 was considered to be the first war waged through social media networks for the Arabs.
The Gaza war gave way to a glance at how Twitter has become the battle grounds of the region's first "hashtag war."  #PillarOfDefense (hashtag used by Israeli Army) against #GazaUnderSiege (hashtag used by Islamic Jihad expressing worries of the resistance in Gaza).
Tension rose quickly both politically and militarily. This "Twitter War" tracked military progress step by step.

My point: Social media is always hit hard and blamed for "provoking" problems. For example YouTube took a powerful blow to their credibility when a video "The Innocence of Muslims" was uploaded and viewed by the public. Some claimed YouTube was violating its own conditions for content exhibiting bigotry, incitement, and for being offensive and derogatory. "Google (owns YouTube) has fallen prey to the paradox of freedom with the Anti-Islam Movie"

What do you think about freedom of information online?


http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2012/11/media-war-in-gaza-conflict.html