Social networks asked to filter content by february 6

After social networking sites refused government's request to censor contents, Sibal had warned them and said that government will be addressing this issue in it's own way and here we are. The websites have been dragged to court and you can see the outcome.

New Delhi: In a major blow to 21 social networking websites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and YouTube, a Delhi court on Saturday asked them to remove derogatory content by February 6, 2012.

The court went ahead and said that contents of such nature can trigger communal disputes, voilence against women and what not.
The court gave these orders despite the fact that all these websites have decent content policies which are accepted worldwide.
I can't even being to imagine how these websites are going to filter/censor huge volumes of user generated content on blurred grounds like religion and politics where it is hard to decide whether content is objectionable or not.

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How to create a 'Share on Google plus' button

We have seen websites sporting a 'Share on Facebook' button but I've not stumbled across any website that let's you share something on Google plus by simply clicking a button. Like Facebook's like button, Google has provided webmasters with a +1 button but that only let's you +1 it i.e you can not post your views, opinions whiling pressing the +1 button on a website.

Now you can add a button that allows users to share your website and their opinions on Google plus. Here's how:

This is the Javascript function:

function shareOnPlus(content){
  window.open('https://m.google.com/app/plus/x/?v=compose&content='+content);
}

Now you can associate this function to onclick event of any button or image and let users share you website on G+ like they do on Facebook.

Example:

<img src="icons/google_plus.png" alt="Share on Google plus" 
onclick="shareOnPlus('Interesting article at technoslab.blogspot.com');" 
/>

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Social networks asked to filter content by february 6

After social networking sites refused government's request to censor contents, Sibal had warned them and said that government will be addressing this issue in it's own way and here we are. The websites have been dragged to court and you can see the outcome.

New Delhi: In a major blow to 21 social networking websites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and YouTube, a Delhi court on Saturday asked them to remove derogatory content by February 6, 2012.

The court went ahead and said that contents of such nature can trigger communal disputes, voilence against women and what not.
The court gave these orders despite the fact that all these websites have decent content policies which are accepted worldwide.
I can't even being to imagine how these websites are going to filter/censor huge volumes of user generated content on blurred grounds like religion and politics where it is hard to decide whether content is objectionable or not.

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Google is promoting G+ on TV for the first time - video

Google's first video commercial for promotion of Google plus.
The ad demonstrates how one can easily organize different class of people into personalized circles. It also shows the very popular Hangout feature.
Google plus already has around 10 million people and is expanding enormously everyday. So far, a large proportion of it's userbase includes webmasters and tech enthusiasts. With television ads, it could become more popular among non-technical people like housewives, businessmen etc. I'm sure everyone would fall for the Hangouts feature.
Do check out this video.

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