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...Chinese citizens' outrage at the mass puppy culling hasn't been so successfully controlled. The topic is now the second-most discussed issue on China's largest online portal, Sina. The Beijing Youth Daily reported on Wednesday that 81% of the 127,780 people who voted on their website opposed the drastic measures. Netizens were particularly irate that even dogs who had been vaccinated against rabies - 4,000 in Mouding alone, according to local statistics - were also killed. For his part, a local Mouding official maintained that the vaccine was not 100% effective, thereby justifying the extreme action...
...prosecution. The new rules mean that freelance counterterrorists can remind slow-moving, reluctant or even compliant Web hosters that they face financial sanctions if they do not act to shut down Al-Manar. The south Texas cable company's communications provider was quick to alert U.S. authorities and the portal closed, but Hizballah was just as quick to play the whack-a-mole game and a new site sprang up from an Indian Web-hosting company within hours. Said Burton: "As long as the war drags on, these communication portals will be critical as Hizballah tries to get its global...
...Craigslist This wildly popular portal of classified ads serving more than 300 cities in the U.S. and across the globe recently expanded its real estate listings, and helps power HousingMaps a mash-up that locates properties for sale using Google Maps. (Craigslist charges fees to real estate brokers in New York and for job ads in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, but is otherwise free...
...YOUR PORTAL TO CONTROVERSY...
...Rosen, a former AOL executive who is now a senior vice president of Autobytel, a car site, says there's wisdom in AOL's portal plan--if executed properly. "If you get more unique users, that translates to more page views, which translates into more advertising," he says. It might be the right approach; it also might be too late...