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Web Hoaxing, Counterfeit Sites, and other Spurious Information on the Internet

There are so many Internet sites that it really hard to know if they are legitimate. This article discusses the different types of Internet sites, how to recognize them, and report them. Counterfeit sites are one of the first sites talked about, and the most troublesome. These are fake sites that people try to pass off as real sites. These sites are malicious and false. Advertising sites is very similar but they take real sites, mislead the viewer, but in order to make a sale. Another category is suspicious websites, where many racial viewpoints are displayed. They will try and state a “fact” about history or certain events, which never took place. False information, or disinformation, is all over the Internet, just waiting to trick someone. Using the Internet can be risky as well because of hackers. These people will gather any information left behind from other people to benefit themselves. Another example is in the entertainment industry. People post false information using the Internet about movie stars, show endings and pop singers daily. This is nothing but a headache to producers, as well as to the movie stars that are written about.

Gathering useful information is so hard to do using the Internet these days. Anyone may post and Internet site that may look valid, when in fact it is not. While researching a particular topic you must be careful that you are obtaining information from a valid website with credible sources. But the Internet isn’t just about the false websites; it is about the people who intentionally do this. These people are Hackers and will take any information they have using the Internet. It is very scary to think how much one person may know about you, and you wouldn’t even know their name. Credit card numbers, addresses, social security numbers, and even pictures can all be retrieved using the Internet. It is wise that when you use the Internet, be careful what you post, and what information you gather form it because anyone has access to it.

News Report #1- Inauguration

"The Inauguration Will Be Televised — and Tweeted and Flickr’d"
Jenna Wortham, The New York Times
January 19, 2009
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/the-inauguration-will-be-televised-and-twittered-streamed-flickrd/?apage=1


History has been made, the first ever African American was elected to Presidency. Barack Obama will take over as president of the United States on January 20, 2009. The inauguration is going to be televised, live-streamed and also in virtual worlds, such as second life. Websites like facebook, myspace and youtube will be hosting the inauguration so that everyone may see history take place, without traveling to Washington, DC. The New York Times will be broadcasting the speech from their homepage as well. For those wishing to be more active in the inauguration festivities live tweeting will be available. Twitter is a online service for people to communicate and stay connected. It takes place through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to a simple question. People will be able to comment and communicate about the inauguration using Twitter. Similar to Twitter is Flickr, a social network of sharing photos, which will be accessible to users throughout the inauguration. An upscale version of Flickr is 3-D panorama, where digital 3-D photos will be provided by working with CNN news channel. These photos can be taken from cameras and cell phones, and transformed into 3-D panorama. For those who are traveling to Washington, DC on January 20th, the iPhone has applications that will provide times, locations, schedules and details on the inauguration.

Because history is being made, and Americans are ready for a change I think it is good that there are many different resources to see the inauguration take place. Television viewers, virtual online games, and websites are all being provided for those who can’t travel physically to Washington, DC. Information is not only being displayed, but viewers can interact and communicate with other citizens to talk about the new President of the United States. One can support the elected President or not, but it is only fair to have the inauguration speech available to all citizens of the United States.

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