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02.27.08The Government is WatchingData mining and profiling could soon become a part of online game worlds, if the US intelligence community has its way. In the Data Mining Report Act, it is being proposed that suspicious behaviors and actions that occur in virtual world could pose a national security threat. Sound Orwellian? Sure is. This is not the first time that we’ve noted the movements of government into online worlds under the ruse of terrorist and security threats to the nation. The report comes from the Federation of American Scientists, a group founded in 1945 – after the Manhattan Project was completed – that believes ...
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02.11.08Emory Virtual Worlds – Business & Government Session (Panelist Intros)Second session at the Virtual Worlds Conference at Emory covers the 'collision' of virtual business and virtual government. Panelists: Meeting the panelists: Byron Reeves, of Stanford - psychology of self representation - how can we take some of this 'primitive engagement' energy and use it in serious contexts - not so much learning and simulation environment, but how to actually do serious work in virtual worlds - non-visual things you can do...e.g. non visual games, synthetic currency via email Rachel Gibson, University of Manchester - looking at election campaigns online and use of Web and email - moving into virtual worlds opens up new possibilities - more abstract idea that there ...
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