Posts Tagged with ‘humanitarian’

Facebook is going through something of a rough patch at the moment. It’s getting heat from just about all sides for its “overreaching” Beacon advertising initiative, and as a result the site is now routinely hounded by a large number of bloggers and podcasters for, among other things, generally existing and occupying the tubes of the Web. Hey, it happens. You give people a reason to revolt, and, well, there’s a good chance they will.
Now we’ve heard the site’s [...]

It looks like Yahoo! finally "caved" in the lawsuit alleging that the Internet company cooperated with China in prosecuting dissidents. Yahoo! took a lot of heat for helping the authoritarian government earlier this year. The plaintiffs, Wang Xiaoning and Shi Tao, have agreed to withdraw their complaint in U.S federal court in California. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but since the congressional grilling and apology from Yahoo! - it appears the lawsuit was settled once public dismay [...]

Are you one to remain conscious of the welfare of your fellow humans? When you learn of geological or man-made crises, do you toss in a few of your own bills and coins to try to help set things straight? Perhaps you volunteer your physical and mental skills wherever you think you best benefit certain causes. If any of these in any way fit your description, you most likely fall into the Good Samaritan category. So, what if you want [...]