About Handphone in Japan

Nowadays mobile phones are no longer considered a luxury but a requirement of goods that are considered mandatory to have. Japan which incidentally is the developed countries, the ownership rate is very high HP (Hand Phone) could even say almost everyone has it. There are enough interesting things to say about HP in the country, you might not know and could learn more in the article below.

Not OTC

Very different to the situation in Indonesia where Hp purchased freely, without any requirement and also without any age restrictions. But if we have money anyone can buy it and sell it when it's not needed. But in Japan, apply very different rules. All of HP in the country should not be sold freely within the meaning can only be purchased at an authorized agent as well as to have required a number of specific requirements, fill out some forms, bank book and not miss the identity card such as SIM card or other ID. Likewise, the Sim card or voucher card her, generally sold in a package along with Hp it or not sold separately.

Most are Post Paid

 
Then from the payment system, most of Hp in the country are using the postpaid so similar to a home telephone, the bill is calculated according to the final purchase amount of pulses used. Whether in Japan does not recognize a prepaid system or vouchers? Of course there is, but the system is less popular in the country. Besides, not much different from buying Hp, vouchers are also not sold its interest-free and almost equal terms with post-paid vouchers. Generally, vouchers and cards hp engine sold in a package or in other words, not sold separately, except when they want to replace the HP model.

Otherwise there is a very special, it looks like almost no Japanese people who are interested in Hp such vouchers. This also means an agent or store which sells vouchers Hp hardly common in the country.

No Free Substitute for the Card

 
  In Japan to buy Hand phone identical by choosing the provider. Provider is the name of the company operating the telephone network operator Hp such as Indosat, Satelindo Telkomsel or if in Indonesia. Unlike the case in Indonesia which has many operators and a variety of its Sim card products, in Japan the condition is much simpler because there are only 3 companies Sim card provider as well as 3 course that is, NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and Softbank AU.

If it is assumed if the provider is a kind of SIM card, then the most important steps when you first buy Hp in Japan is choosing vouching card. Once we have chosen to use the card then we are most likely beyond using the card (read: providers) are the same. Why? Because the provider does not serve only as a selling agent limited to cards, but also serves as a place to sell Hp itself (read: Hp and sim cards sold one package) and one unique card provider to another provider can not be exchanged. DoCoMo Sim card for example, HP is also need to DoCoMo and can only be purchased at DoCoMo's official counter, as well as with other providers. Of course the system is a little confusing because we generally know about the sim card is replaced free and installed on another HP. All Hp marketed in Japan, by the provider is sold in a locked position so practical can only use SIM Card from the same provider. Replacement sim card slot on the HP in Japan is located slightly recessed and not very easy to install removable, because it is designed not to mutually exchange the card. Besides, since most of use postpaid then generally from the first Hp Hp purchased until the turn of the next due to damage or change the model, the card voucher will continue to stick in place. Then if we dare try to install the card belongs to another provider then the signal will not be readable at all even on a particular HP model can only be limited to on / off alone without being able to go into any menu. 

Brand is the Last Option.  

There are various brands of  can be selected such as Sharp, Panasonic, Toshiba, NEC, Samsung, Nokia, Casio and Kyocera etc.. Each provider generally has its own design and HP models are not found on any other provider. One thing interesting is some of the popular brands like Hp Balckberry example even less popular in the country. One reason may be because Blacbery considered to be less compact due to the relatively large size and has lots of buttons which are relatively rare lettered alphabet they use. 

So from a little explanation on the reader might be able to get a picture of HP systems in Japan that is only recognized three voucher card (sim card) and 3 types of machines namely Hp DoCoMo, Softbank and AU. So the standard questions like "Do you wear Hp what?" then the answer is certainly not the HP brand, but one of the 3 provider name earlier. 

Tied Sales Contract 

As is well known that Hp in Japan has not been easy because it requires a lot of rules and requirements. In addition to filling a number of forms, bank accounts and insurers also have other additional rules are required to sign a contract for a certain time which is usually a minimum of two years.
Why should be bound by the contract? Of course since the providers do not want to lose. They usually sell hp with low price (subsidy) but takes advantage of the monthly toll paid by the customer. Party providers will suffer losses if the customer stops in the middle of the road. So this is the purpose of the rules of the contract. Contract and form filling only applies once the time to buy (subscription) mob first. As for when buying the next Hp due to damage or replace the new model, the contract is not required anymore but just enough to write a simple form. What happens if if the user stops subscribing before the contract runs out? Of course there are a number of penalties we pay. What if not stopped in the middle of the road without a report? Of course this is foolish as it is used telephone or not, your bank account will still be deducted each month by the provider. At first glance looks complicated and expensive, but this system also has a number of advantages of one of them is to narrow the space for criminals because all numbers can be traced ownership Hp. Hp theft also become very common because almost unusable. And another advantage is the price of HP being cheap, the price can be paid in installments or even to a particular type can be obtained almost for free. 

Mail and SMS

Hp in Japan knows two ways to send short messages ie SMS and Mail. From both methods, the Mail seems far more popular. This is because the SMS messages have a limitation which can only be used between users the same provider. So all of HP in Japan, in addition to having a telephone number also must have a mail address. In other words, even though we know the numbers Hp someone, without knowing the address of the mail message will not be sent. How to send and receipt the same as regular SMS, the difference is just numbers Hp as the address, mail address is replaced with. This system has shortcomings as well have an edge. With this mail system, messages can be sent not just limited to letters and numbers only. His name also mail, means we can also add a message with a variety of symbols, emotion or image. In addition, short messages can be sent or received is not limited by Hp alone, but can also via telephone or personal computer. Even when you are abroad though, as long as there is the Internet network, the message can be sent quickly and cheaply. Mail on Hp can be recognized easily because they always have the last name of one of the three existing providers. Examples: for users zzzzzz@docomo.ne.jp providers DoCoMo and Softbank xxxxx@softbank.ne.jp for providers and so on. Mail address can also be replaced or modified at any time if deemed necessary as to avoid spam messages for example. Because all HP can also be used to access the internet then the mail can also be sent by way of such standards through yahoo for example. But this way is of course a little more expensive because it must connect to the internet first.
Hand Phone Cheap and Free! This is probably part of an exciting and awaited by many readers. As in almost all other developed countries, the price of an HP is usually pretty cheap indeed, they often can be obtained free of charge. Of course this rule applies only to HP models only who are usually older models. But although the old model, not at all be called old and cheap, because at least still small and thin and at least have a camera facility, video, and can be used for internet connection. Hp latest models with various facilities such as TV, games, touch screen, internet and various other latest facilities of course expensive. However, as expensive as the high prices of electronic goods in Japan is still counted cheap because it is "subsidized" by the provider and pembayaraanya also relatively easy because it can be gradually and charged at each end of the month bills. For free Hp mentioned above, often leading to misunderstanding of some of my colleagues because we assume can be taken for granted. Once again, HP in Japan with Telphone house so without subscribing or registering a free Hp certainly will not be able to take home for granted. So a helmet similar to the case for free if you buy a motorcycle.

Hand Phone and Pulse in Japan

 
Generally the price of an HP in the country, especially to new models more or less equal to the price in Indonesia. Then for the pulse rates that averaged probably about 10 yen (USD 1,000) per 30 seconds .. Average Japanese person, for standard usage (the extent necessary) will generally pay about 5000 yen (USD 500,000) per month. But if Hp stuck in ears day and night, yes of course 500 thousand dollars will run out in just a few days.
Since most HP in the country is post-pay calculations pulse becomes less complicated and varied. Toll to be paid by different groups such as students with a general class of pulses. Likewise for beginners different customers with old customers. Someone who faithfully use the same provider for long periods of time will usually get the pulse of special rates with discount up to 30%. Then there jugaprovider which applies to 24-hour toll-free telephone between families, disount at certain hours, free sms, etc. between the same provider. While the pulse on a prepaid card is the same so do not know the difference or exception.
Most Japanese people will remain loyal to one provider. Moving the provider would mean starting again from scratch, is considered a new customer it means more expensive pulse rates and can not take advantage of other facilities like those of old customers in the place before.

HP Japan Can Used in Indonesia? (and vice versa) HP Japan in Indonesia ?

 
This is the most interesting and most frequently asked questions. If Hp is Hp special in the sense of the initial purchase to use International, used in Indonesia but the bills are paid in Japan, obviously there is no problem at all sema. Of course we do not discuss this type of HP, but HP standard (in terms of Hp Japan) with Indonesia cards.
In general, the answer can not, this is because all the Hp which is marketed in Japan is in a state in the "Lock" or locked by the provider can only be practically used in Japan alone. But wait, the answer above is the standard answer. Stay left on akhlinya then presto, things are almost as litter in our state, it can function normally like other Hp. Unlock prices of services it is approximately 400an thousand dollars by one mob. Regarding the place or unlock services, please check yourself in at the engine google. But that little note is not all hp can be unlocked to be limited only to certain models only.

Criticism of Google

Google is a corporation that compiles information and makes it searchable via the Internet. Google's stated mission is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," but this mission, and the means used to accomplish it, have raised concerns among the company's critics. The policies and practices for which Google has been criticized include its use of others' intellectual property, concerns that its compilation of data may violate people's privacy, censorship of search results, and the energy consumption of its servers. Much of the criticism of Google pertains to issues that have not yet been addressed by cyber law.

- About Page Rank

* Danger of influencing society through page rank manipulation

It has been argued that if your search is not found on Google it does not exist. Research by group of Austrian researchers claims that they observe a tendency to misuse the Google engine as a "reality interface". Not just ordinary users but even journalists tend to rely on the first pages of Google search, assuming that everything not listed there is either not important or merely does not exist. The referenced source says that "Google has become the main interface for our whole reality. To be precise: With the Google interface the user gets the impression that the search results imply a kind of totality. In fact, one only sees a small part of what one could see if one also integrates other research tools". The mentioned group warns that page rank can be influenced by individual views of the Google staff: "it became clear that not only mathematical algorithms and software, but also human brains in the Google headquarter will edit information processed by Google and decide what will go online and in which form."

* Page ranking related lawsuits

In 2006, the parental advice Internet site Kinderstart.com sued Google for setting its Page rank to zero, claiming that the reset caused the site to lose 70 percent of its audience. In this lawsuit, it was stated, that "Google does not generally inform Web sites that they have been penalized nor does it explain in detail why the Web site was penalized". Kinderstart claimed that they were penalized for being a Google competitor (setting up the search engine). Kinderstart has formally lost the process (while their rank seems no longer zero). Google claims that allowing one to win such process would set a dangerous precedent, encouraging other penalized sites to protest as well.

* Google bombing

The page ranking algorithm of Google can and has been manipulated for political and humorous reasons. To illustrate the view that Google's search engine could be subjected to manipulation, Google Watch implemented a Google bomb by linking the phrase "out-of-touch executives" to Google's own page on its corporate management. The attempt was mistakenly attributed to disgruntled Google employees by The New York Times, which later printed a correction.

- Copyright issues

* Google Print

Google's ambitious plans to scan millions of books and make them readable through its search engine have been criticized for copyright violations. Also, Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers and the Association of American University Presses have both issued statements strongly opposing Google Print, stating that "Google, an enormously successful company, claims a sweeping right to appropriate the property of others for its own commercial use unless it is told, case by case and instance by instance, not to."

* Cached Data

Kazaa and the Church of Scientology have used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to demand that Google remove references to allegedly copyrighted material on their sites. While Google potentially faces lawsuits when not removing such links, critics argue that Google has an obligation to direct users to intended content and not censor results based on copyright.

The New York Times has complained that the caching of their content during a web crawl, a feature utilized by search engines including Google Web Search, violates copyright.[12] Google observes Internet standard mechanisms for requesting that caching be disabled via the robots.txt file, which is another mechanism that allows operators of a website to request that part or all of their site not be included in search engine results, or via META tags, which allow a content editor to specify whether a document can be crawled or archived, or whether the links on the document can be followed. The U.S. District Court of Nevada ruled that Google's caches do not constitute copyright infringement under American law in Field v. Google and Parker v. Google.

* Google Library

On September 20, 2005, the Authors Guild, a group that represents 8,000 U.S. authors, filed a class action suit in federal court in Manhattan against Google over its unauthorized scanning and copying of books through its Google Library program. Google states that it is in compliance with all existing and historical applications of copyright laws regarding books. The publicized contract between Google and the University of Michigan makes it clear that Google will provide only excerpts of copyright text in a search. The contract says that it will comply with "fair use", an exemption in copyright law that allows people to reproduce portions of text of copyrighted material.

* YouTube and Viacom

On July 14, 2008, Viacom compromised to protect YouTube users' personal data in their $1 billion copyright lawsuit. Google agreed it will anonymize user information and internet protocol addresses from its YouTube subsidiary before handing the data over to Viacom. The privacy deal also applied to other litigants including the FA Premier League, the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization and the Scottish Premier League. The deal however did not extend the anonymity to employees, because Viacom wishes to prove that Google staff are aware of the uploading of illegal material to the site. The parties therefore will further meet on the matter lest the data be made available to the court.

* Google Watch

In 2002, the non-profit group Public Information Research launched a website known as Google Watch, which advertised itself as "a look at Google's monopoly, algorithms, and privacy issues." The site raised questions relating to Google's storage of cookies, which in 2007 had a life span of more than 32 years and incorporated a unique ID that enabled creation of a user data log. Google Watch has also criticized Google's PageRank algorithms, saying that they discriminate against new websites and favor established sites, and has made allegations about connections between Google and the NSA and the CIA. Connection with the CIA has been discussed by others as well. In February 2003, Google Watch nominated Google for a Big Brother Award, describing Google as a "privacy time bomb." Google now anonymizes its IP data after 9 months and its cookies after 18 months, according to Google's privacy FAQ.

* Privacy

In December 2009, Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, declared after privacy concerns: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. If you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines—including Google—do retain this information for some time and it's important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act and it is possible that all that information could be made available to the authorities."

Privacy International has raised concerns regarding the dangers and privacy implications of having a centrally-located, widely popular data warehouse of millions of Internet users' searches, and how under controversial existing U.S. law, Google can be forced to hand over all such information to the U.S. government.

In its 2007 Consultation Report, Privacy International ranked Google as "Hostile to Privacy", its lowest rating on their report, making Google the only company in the list to receive that ranking.

Carl Hewitt (Emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT), noted that intimate personal information is a "toxic asset" in Google datacenters because it will lead to government regulation "analogous to medical and legal practioners." Consequently, he recommended that Google should perform semantic integration in equipment controlled by a client so that client information in Google datacenters could be decrypted only by using a client's private key.

* Potential for data disclosure

In early 2005, the United States Department of Justice filed a motion in federal court to force Google to comply with a subpoena for, "the text of each search string entered onto Google's search engine over a two-month period (absent any information identifying the person who entered such query)." Google fought the subpoena, due to concerns about users' privacy. In March 2006, the court ruled partially in Google's favor, recognizing the privacy implications of turning over search terms and refusing to grant access.

* Cookies

Google originally placed a cookie on each registered user's computer, which can be used to track that person's search history, and that cookie was not set to expire until 2038. As of 2007, Google's cookie now expires in two years but renews itself when a Google service is used. There is no evidence that Google turns over information to the FBI or the NSA, though some users remain anxious about the possibility. In response, Google claims cookies are necessary to maintain user preferences between sessions and offer other search features. Other popular search engines, such as Yahoo! Search and Microsoft's Bing, use cookies with distant expiration dates as well; an alternative set up by privacy advocates, Scroogle, does not.

* Gmail

Steve Ballmer (Microsoft's CEO), Liz Figueroa, Mark Rasch, and the editors of Google Watch believe the processing of email message content by Google's Gmail service goes beyond proper use. Google claims that mail sent to or from Gmail is never read by a human being beyond the account holder, and is only used to improve relevance of advertisements. Whether Google is the only email provider that reviews the contents of users' mail, or simply the only one that publicly admits it is unknown. The privacy policies of other popular email services, like Hotmail and Yahoo, allow users' personal information to be collected and utilized for advertising purposes, but do not specify precisely what information and which services.

* Street View

Google's online map service, "Street View" has been accused of taking pictures and coming too close inside people's private homes and/or people who walk down the street not knowing they are being watched on Google's service. Aaron and Christine Boring, a Pittsburgh couple, sued Google for "invasion of privacy". They claimed that Street View made a photo of their home available online, and it diminished the value of their house, which was purchased for its privacy. They lost their case in a Pennsylvania court. "While it is easy to imagine that many whose property appears on Google's virtual maps resent the privacy implications, it is hard to believe that any – other than the most exquisitely sensitive – would suffer shame or humiliation," Judge Hay ruled, the Boring family was paid one dollar by Google for the incident. So far Germany has not allowed Street View but Google has images from Panoramio (which is owned by Google) available in Street View. In the Czech Republic Street View has been disallowed to take pictures of new locations since 2010 by the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection after more than 5 months of unsuccessful negotiation between the Czech Republic and Google. The Office described Google’s program as taking pictures “beyond the extent of the ordinary sight from a street”, and claimed that it “disproportionately invaded citizens’ privacy.”] Google’s Street View cars even faced vandalism on Channel island Guernsey. Google Maps also censor certain international entities such as bodies of waters, usually due to political pressures. One such omission is Google's refusal to name "Persian Gulf" in its maps when one looks at the map of the Asian continent, and its previous attempts to censor or hide this internationally recognized name with other locally unrecognized alternative versions.

* Surveillance of WiFi networks

Google collected about 600 gigabytes of data from users of public WiFi stations (which are not owned by Google) during 2006–2010, including snippets of emails. No disclosures nor privacy policy was given to those affected, nor to the owners of the WiFi stations, in more than 30 countries. A Google representative claimed that they were not aware of their own data collection activities until an inquiry from German regulators was received, and that none of this data was used in Google's search engine or other services. A representative of Consumer Watchdog replied, "Once again, Google has demonstrated a lack of concern for privacy. Its computer engineers run amok, push the envelope and gather whatever data they can until their fingers are caught in the cookie jar." In a sign that legal penalties may result, Google said it will not destroy the data until permitted by regulators.

* Google Buzz

On February 9, 2010 Google launched Google Buzz, Google's microblogging service. Anyone with a Gmail account is automatically added as a contact to pre-existing Gmail contacts, and must opt-out if they do not wish to participate.

The launch of Google Buzz as an "opt-out" social network immediately drew criticism for violating user privacy because it automatically allowed Gmail users' contacts to view their other contacts.

* Privacy and data protection cases and issues by state

** European Union

European Union (EU) data protection officials (the Article 29 working party who advise the EU on privacy policy) have written to Google asking the company to justify its policy of keeping information on individuals' internet searches for up to two years. The letter questioned whether Google has "fulfilled all the necessary requirements" on the EU laws concerning data protection. The probe by the EU into the data protection issue, As of 24 May 2007 is continuing. On June 1 Google agreed that its privacy policy is vague, and that they are constantly working at making it clearer to users. The resulting modifications to its privacy policies have been met with praise.

** Germany

Google refused to comply with a German demand to surrender data illegally collected from unsecured home wireless networks. Google said its cars collected 600 gigabytes of "fragmentary data" including fragments of e-mails, from unsecured wireless networks in 34 countries.
In November 2010, vandals in Germany targeted houses that had opted out of Google's Street View.

** Italy

Google-Vividown: in February 2010, three Google executives were handed six-month suspended sentences for breach of the Italian Personal Data Protection Code.

** Norway

The Data Inspectorate of Norway (Norway is not a member of the EU) has investigated Google (and others) and has stated that the 18- to 24-month period for retaining data proposed by Google was too long.

** USA

A U.S. court ordered Google to hand over two copies of wireless data that the company's Street View program collected as it photographed neighborhoods.

* Censorship

Google has been criticized for various instances of censoring its search results, many times in compliance with the laws of various countries, most notably in China.

* Web search

In the United States, Google commonly censors search results to comply with Digital Millennium Copyright Act-related legal complaints, such as in 2002 when Google censored websites that provided information critical of Scientology. Furthermore, in February 2003, Google stopped showing the advertisements of Oceana, a non-profit organization protesting a major cruise ship operation's sewage treatment practices. Google cited its editorial policy at the time, stating "Google does not accept advertising if the ad or site advocates against other individuals, groups, or organizations." The policy was later changed.

In the United Kingdom, it was reported that Google had 'delisted' Inquisition 21st Century, a website which claims to challenge moral authoritarian and sexually absolutist ideas in the United Kingdom. Google later released a press statement suggesting Inquisition 21 had attempted to manipulate search results. In addition, in April 2008, Google refused to run ads for a UK Christian group opposed to abortion, explaining that "At this time, Google policy does not permit the advertisement of websites that contain 'abortion and religion-related content.'" In Germany and France, a study reported that approximately 113 White Nationalist, Nazi, anti-semitic, radical Islamic and other websites had been removed from the German and French versions of Google. Google has complied with these laws by not including sites containing such material in its search results. However, Google does list the number of excluded results at the bottom of the search result page and links to Chilling Effects for explanation.

On Google Maps, Google removed street view and 360 degree images of military bases per the Pentagon's request. It also removed reference to the Persian Gulf over controversy suggesting whether it should be called the Persian Gulf or Arabian Gulf. However, Google Earth used both terms.

As of January 26, 2011, Google's Auto Complete feature will not complete certain words such as "bittorrent", "torrent", "utorrent" and "rapidshare", as they were often searched piratically.[75] In addition, swears and pornographic words are not completed. However, they are not censored from actual search results.

* China

Until March 2010, Google adhered to the Internet censorship policies of China, enforced by filters colloquially known as "The Great Firewall of China". Google.cn search results were filtered so as not to bring up any results concerning the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, sites supporting the independence movements of Tibet and Taiwan, the Falun Gong movement, and other information perceived to be harmful to the People's Republic of China (PRC). Google claimed that some censorship is necessary in order to keep the Chinese government from blocking Google entirely, as occurred in 2002. The company claims it did not plan to give the government information about users who search for blocked content, and will inform users that content has been restricted if they attempt to search for it. As of 2009, Google was the only major China-based search engine to explicitly inform the user when search results are blocked or hidden.

Some Chinese Internet users have been critical of Google for assisting the Chinese government in repressing its own citizens, particularly those dissenting against the government and advocating for human rights . Furthermore, Google has been denounced and called hypocritical by Free Media Movement for agreeing to China's demands while simultaneously fighting the United States government's requests for similar information. Google China has also been condemned by Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

In 2009, China Central Television, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily reported Google's "dissemination of obscene information", People's Daily claimed that "Google's 'don't be evil' motto becomes a fig leaf". Chinese government imposed administrative penalties to Google China, and demanded for a reinforcement of the censorship.

However, on January 12, 2010, in response to an apparent hacking of Google's servers in an attempt to access information about Chinese dissidents, Google announced that “we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all.” On March 22, 2010, after talks with Chinese authorities failed to reach an agreement, the company redirected its censor-complying Google China service to its Google Hong Kong service, which is outside the jurisdiction of Chinese censorship laws. However, at least as of March 23, 2010, "The Great Firewall" continues to censor search results from the Hong Kong portal, www.google.com.hk (as it does with the US portal, www.google.com) for controversial terms such as "Falun gong" and "the June 4 incident" (Tiananmen Square incident). ”

* YouTube

YouTube—a video sharing website and subsidiary of Google—in its Terms of Service prohibits the posting of videos which violate copyrights or depict pornography, illegal acts, gratuitous violence, or hate speech . User-posted videos that violate such terms may be removed and replaced with a message stating: "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation".

YouTube has been criticized by national governments for failing to police content. In 2006, Thailand blocked access to YouTube for users with Thai IP addresses. Thai authorities identified 20 offensive videos and demanded that YouTube remove them before it would unblock any YouTube content. In 2007 a Turkish judge ordered access to YouTube blocked because of content that insulted Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, a crime under Turkish law. On February 22, 2008, Pakistan Telecommunications attempted to block regional access to YouTube following a government order. The attempt subsequently caused a worldwide YouTube blackout that took 2 hours to correct. Four days later, Pakistan Telecom lifted the ban after YouTube removed controversial religious comments made by a Dutch government official concerning Islam.

YouTube has also been criticized by its users for attempting to police content. In November 2007, the account of Wael Abbas, an Egyptian activist who posted videos of police brutality, voting irregularities and anti-government demonstrations, was blocked for three days.

In February 2008, a video produced by the American Life League that accused a Planned Parenthood television commercial of promoting recreational sex was removed, then reinstated two days later. In October, a video by stand-up comic Pat Condell criticizing the British government for officially sanctioning sharia law courts in Britain was removed, then reinstated two days later. In response, his fans uploaded copies of the video themselves, and the National Secular Society wrote to YouTube in protest. During the December 2008 Gaza Strip airstrikes, YouTube removed videos of air strikes against Hamas that were posted by the IDF.

In September 2009, the account of artist Suzannah B. Troy, who posted videos critical of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and of a change in term limits which permitted him to run for a third term, was suspended for 28 hours.

* AdSense/AdWords

In August 2008, Google closed the AdSense account of a site that carried a negative view of Scientology and this was the second closing of such a site within 3 months. It is not certain if the account revocations actually were on the grounds of anti-religious content, however the cases have raised questions about Google's terms in regards to AdSense/AdWords. The Adsense policy defines that "Sites displaying Google ads may not include advocacy against any individual, group, or organization", which allows Google to revoke the above mentioned AdSense accounts.

In May 2011, Google cancelled the AdWord purchased by a Dublin sex worker rights group named "Turn Off the Blue Light", claiming that it represented an "egregious violation" of company ad policy by "selling adult sexual services", despite the fact that the site advertises a nonprofit campaign for human rights, not an escort service. Furthermore, it allowed the anti-prostitution campaign to which the "Blue Light" group is opposed purchase an AdWord, despite the fact that such a sale clearly violates Google policy by "includ[ing]...advocacy against individual, group, or organization", namely sex workers.

* Search within search

For some search results, Google provides a secondary search box within search page that enables the user to find what they are looking for within a particular website. This idea originated from the way users were searching. According to software engineer Ben Lee and Product Manager Jack Menzel, "teleporting" on the web is what helps Google users to complete their search. Google took this concept a step further and instead of just "teleporting", which means users need only to type part of the name of a website into Google (no need to remember the entire URL) in order to find the correct site, users could type in keywords to search within the website of their choice. It appeared that users were often not finding exactly what they needed while trying to explore within a company site.

Although this is an innovative search tool for users, it sparked some controversy among some online publishers and retailers. When performing a search within a search for a specific company, advertisements from competing and rival companies often showed up along with those results, drawing users away from the site they were originally searching. "While the service could help increase traffic, some users could be siphoned away as Google uses the prominence of the brands to sell ads, typically to competing companies." In order to combat this controversy, Google has offered to turn off this feature for companies who request to have it removed.

* Digital rights management

Announced on January 6, 2006 at the CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Google Video store began selling copyrighted content at the Google Video website. Initially, this service was restricted to the United States and certain other countries. To protect copyright of some video programming, Google created a Google DRM (Digital Rights Management) lock for certain paid content.

On 2007-08-15 Google discontinued its DTO/DTR (download-to-own/rent) program. Videos which had been previously purchased under that program, as a result of the embedded DRM licenses being revoked, are no longer viewable despite being purchased for ownership. Google chose to refund all its customers by issuing "gift certificates" (or "bonuses") to their "Google Checkout Account" accounting for the full amount spent on videos. After public uproar against the chosen method of refund, Google issued full refunds to credit cards of the Google Video users without revoking the gift certificates.

* Other

** Energy consumption

Google has been criticized for the high amount of energy used to maintain its servers. Google has pledged to spend millions of dollars to investigate cheap, clean, renewable energy, and has installed solar panels on the roofs at its Mountain View facilities. In 2010, Google also invested $39 million in wind power.

** Doodles

Google was criticized in 2007 for not featuring versions of the Google logo (known as "Doodles") for American patriotic holidays such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day. That year, Google featured a logo commemorating Veterans Day.

** Naming of Go programming language

Google is criticized for naming their programming language "Go" while there is already an existing programming language called "Go!".

** Potential security threats

Google has been criticised for providing information that could potentially be useful to terrorists. In March 2010, British MPs and military officers criticised Google for including detailed pictures of the headquarters of the SAS, stating that terrorists might use this information to stage attacks. Google responded that there was no appreciable security risk and that it had no intention of removing the pictures.

** Tax avoidance

Google has been criticized for using legal, but aggressive tax avoidance strategies to minimize its corporate tax bill. Google cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the period of 2007 to 2009 using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and The Netherlands to Bermuda. Google’s income shifting — involving strategies known to lawyers as the “Double Irish” and the “Dutch Sandwich” – helped reduce its overseas tax rate to 2.4 percent, the lowest of the top five U.S. technology companies by market capitalization, according to regulatory filings in six countries.


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The Pit and The Pendulum [ Available in Movie ]

In Spain, during the 16th century, Francis Barnard (John Kerr) visits the castle of his brother-in-law Nicholas Medina (Vincent Price) to investigate the cause of the mysterious death of his sister, Elizabeth (Barbara Steele), who had been Nicholas Medina's wife. Both Nicholas and his younger sister, Catherine (Luana Anders), offer a vague explanation about Elizabeth having died from a rare blood disorder. However, when Nicholas responds evasively after Francis asks for specific details regarding the disease, Francis advises that he will not leave until he discovers the true reason his sister died.

During dinner with family physician Dr. Leon (Antony Carbone), Francis again asks about his sister's death. Dr. Leon tells him that his sister had died of massive heart failure, literally "dying of fright". Francis demands to be shown where Elizabeth died. Nicholas takes him to the castle's torture chamber. Nicholas reveals that Elizabeth, under the influence of the castle's "heavy atmosphere", became obsessed with the chamber's torture devices. After becoming progressively unbalanced, one day she locked herself into an iron maiden, and died after whispering the name "Sebastian". Francis refuses to believe Nicholas's story.

Francis tells Catherine that Nicholas appears to feel "definite guilt" regarding Elizabeth's death. In response, Catherine talks about Nicholas's traumatic childhood, revealing that their father was Sebastian Medina, a notorious member of the Spanish Inquisition. When Nicholas was a small child, he was playing in the castle's torture chamber when his father (also played by Price) entered the room with his mother, Isabella, and Sebastian's brother, Bartolome. Hiding in a corner, Nicholas watched in horror as his father repeatedly hit Bartolome with a red-hot poker, screaming "Adulterer!" at him. After murdering Bartolome, Sebastian began torturing his wife slowly to death in front of Nicholas' eyes.

After Catherine is finished telling Francis about Nicholas, Catherine and Francis are informed by Dr. Leon that Isabella was in fact not tortured to death, rather she was entombed behind a brick wall while still alive. Dr. Leon explains: "The very thought of premature interment is enough to send your brother into convulsions of horror." Nicholas believes that Elizabeth may have been interred prematurely. The doctor tells Nicholas that "if Elizabeth Medina walks these corridors, it is her spirit and not her living self."

Nicholas now believes his late wife's vengeful ghost is haunting the castle. Elizabeth's room is noisily ransacked and her portrait is found slashed to ribbons. Her beloved harpsichord plays in the middle of the night. One of Elizabeth's rings is found in the keyboard. Francis accuses Nicholas of planting the evidence of Elizabeth's "haunting" as some sort of elaborate hoax. Nicholas insists that his wife's tomb be opened. Inside the coffin, they discover Elizabeth's putrefied corpse frozen in a position of writhing horror, hands clawed and mouth wide open, as if in a final scream.

That night, Nicholas, now on the very edge of sanity, hears his wife calling him. He follows her ghostly voice down to the torture chamber. Suddenly, Elizabeth appears from out of the shadows, causing Nicholas to fall down a flight of stairs. She is alive, and she is met by her lover, Dr. Leon. Elizabeth, thinking Nicholas dead, taunts his apparent corpse about their scheme to drive him mad so the two lovers could inherit his fortune and estate. Nicholas opens his eyes and begins laughing while his wife and the doctor recoil in horror. Nicholas stands up and overpowers Dr. Leon, who attempts to escape but falls to his death. Nicholas then approaches Elizabeth, and promises he will torture her horribly.

Francis, having heard Elizabeth's screams, enters the dungeon to see what has happened. Nicholas is now gibbering with insanity and has become convinced he is his own father, the evil Sebastian Medina. He confuses Francis for Sebastian's brother, Bartolome, and knocks him unconscious. He straps him to a stone slab located directly beneath a huge razor-sharp pendulum and gags him with a red scarf. The cackling Nicholas slowly lowers the swinging blade closer and closer to Francis' torso. Catherine arrives just in time with Maximillian, one of the family servants. After a brief fight with Maximillian, Nicholas falls to his death, and Francis is removed from the torture device. As they leave the basement, Catherine vows to seal up the chamber forever. They slam and lock the door shut, unaware that Elizabeth is still alive, gagged and trapped in the iron maiden.

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