Posted in Extremism/Terrorism, News on July 30, 2007 | No Comments »
‘The Australian‘ is running a feature on terrorism and virtual worlds. The article again claims that Second Life in particular, is being used by terrorists.
The report quotes Rohan Gunaratna as saying,
“”They are rehearsing their operations in Second Life because they don’t have the opportunity to rehearse in the real world,” Gunaratna says. “And unless [...]
Posted in Fraud, Money Laundering, News on July 23, 2007 | No Comments »
The Financial Times ran an interesting piece on the challenges Kreeda faces in setting-up an MMO in India.
Article here
What jumped out was the way Kreeda is seeking to get around the low-level of credit card usage in India,
“To overcome India’s slow connection speeds, the game is designed to work on dial-up connections rather than [...]
Posted in Crime, News on July 23, 2007 | No Comments »
This is kind of old news but the ongoing court case between two avatars in Second Life has bought PayPal into the fray (as reported by Reuters). PayPal has agreed to comply with a subpoena to release details that relate to one of the avatars accounts. This arguably paves the way to the end [...]
Posted in Extremism/Terrorism on July 18, 2007 | No Comments »
The Digital Journal has once more highlighted the work being done by the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Arizona University under the project title of the Dark Web.
The project has been going for at least three years. The web page links to some fascinating papers the research team has written. One of the best [...]
Posted in Extremism/Terrorism, News on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
The Economist has published a report on Internet Jihad. The inspiration for this article comes from the trial and conviction of the notorious Internet Jihadi Irhabi007 in the UK. During part of this report the economist suggests jihadists are now operating in Second Life,
“Inevitably, experts say, jihadists have also started to create “residents” [...]
Posted in Extremism/Terrorism on July 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Interesting take on ‘cyber jihad’ by the Washington Post.
And from Canadian site, InterGovWorld.
Posted in Extremism/Terrorism, News on July 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Peta (People for the ethical treatment of animals) are scheduled to host a week long anti-fur protest in Second Life. Peta is a single issue protest group that successfully highlights Animal Rights causes. It has an interesting history with the more militant part of the animal rights movement, which is best explained by [...]
Posted in Crime, Legal, News on July 3, 2007 | No Comments »
The Vancouver Police Department are opening a presence in Second Life this Thursday. According to the article in the Vancouver Sun the aim is to recruit new officers in Second Life but the project also realizes that cyber crime is a growing concern and virtual worlds are part of that trend.
