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Luca Sofri, a Milan-based journalist and author of wittgenstein.it, one of Italy's most popular blogs, says that even though Google and other Web-sharing platforms attempt to strike the right balance between allowing information to flow freely on the Internet and respecting individuals' rights, they still have a responsibility for what's posted on their sites. "As Spider-Man says, 'With great power comes great responsibility.' Allowing freedom of opinion does not mean you can be a platform for people to defame others or violate their privacy," Sofri says...
...other cultures - and influenced them in its turn - for centuries. There's nothing preordained about how its modern rise will play out; much will depend on the skill with which China's interlocutors conduct themselves. That's one more reason to celebrate a legendary mapmaker and his work, even if he was rather rude about Americans' taste in lunch...
...meantime, for many in Australia, even if Japan does end its whaling program in November (which history would suggest that it won't) that's still too long to wait for any decisive action. "Australia should seek an injunction to stop current whaling while the International Court of Justice determines the matter," Bob Brown, the leader of the Australian Greens Party, said in a statement. Watson, who was named by The Guardian in 2008 as one of 50 people that could save the planet, agrees. "It's as if the Australian government has told a bunch of bank robbers, 'Look...
...refers to the competition that's held on the smaller of the two ski-jumping towers, but there's nothing normal about hurling yourself 100 m off a ramp on skis). But America's second-place finish in the team event on Wednesday, behind gold-medal winner Austria, was even sweeter, as it showed the collective strength of the program. (See the latest pictures from the 2010 Winter Games...
...ongoing tumult of Iranian politics, Ayatullah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has made few public pronouncements - even though he is said to be the main guiding force behind the scenes for those in the regime who are opposed to the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, and President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But on Tuesday, Rafsanjani, looking fatigued and thinner than in recent months, made a rare semi-public speech, covered in part by Iran's official television news. Ostensibly, he called for harmony and promoted unity - notions that probably do not sit well with the activist elements of the protest movement...