As amazing as the Internet is for commerce, communication, and education, it might have been better. Imagine opening your email and not finding any spam. Imagine your children or your little brother not happening into any pornography.
Pete Ashdown spoke at the Utah Open Source Conference earlier this year. He touted the virtues of the Internet [...]
Even the libertarian and most ardent proponent of free speech should care that we continue to allow pornography to run rampant on the Internet. Here’s why.
A proposal by Larry Lessig called H2M (”Harmful to Minors”) would help parents protect children from pornography. Professor Lessig argues that if government doesn’t help parents block unwanted pornography, the [...]
A year ago I learned about Kiva.org, a startup that makes microfinance loans to entrepreneurs in poor countries. Sometimes a loan of just a few hundred dollars is enough to help poor entrepreneurs start a new company that becomes self-sustaining and lifts them out of poverty. Full repayment of the loan is expected.
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