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1 1 THE DAILY TEXAN Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 Albums by Ben Kweller, Val Halen, Dr. Dog Texas triumphs in last scheduled and more are reviewed in today’s Tunesday. meeting against rival Texas A&M LIFE&ARTS PAGE 12 AND 11 SPORTS PAGE 7 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: www.dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Tuesday, February 7, 2012 SOCIAL SECURITY Changes could impact online privacy, freedom GOOGLE Users dismayed over consolidation By Andrew Messamore alarm about the change, including a bipartisan Daily Texan Staff group of eight U.S. senators and representatives who sent an open letter to Google last week to Google Inc. is facing con- clarify the exact workings of the policy. Google troversy and criticism after was also persuaded to delay the implementa- the company announced tion of the new rules until March 1 after Euro- plans to consolidate privacy pean Union data protection authorities asked the policies for its 60 products, company to wait while they evaluated wheth- services and websites into one er the new policy infringes on the rights of EU set of rules next month. member states. The new policy would en- “Internet privacy advocates are concerned able Google to treat users as a sin- about how much information one company is gle entity across all of the company’s going to know about you,” said David Jacobs, products, meaning that a user signed consumer protection fellow for the Washington into their Gmail account would be storing D.C. based Electronic Privacy Information Cen- data on themselves every time they use ter. “Once you start combining a lot of non-sen- Google’s web search, YouTube or any sitive information about users in random search- other Google service. This data would es, you start to develop a really accurate pic- then return back to the user in the ture of a user, making that user a very tempt- form of personalized ads designed ing target for advertisers who are able to access for the individual while they browse that information.” Google’s services. Jacobs said the major problem with the current Critics of the change on both sides of the Atlantic have been quick to raise GOOGLE continues on PAGE 2 Illustrations by Colin Zelinski | Daily Texan Staff TWITTER FACEBOOK Tweets may be censored soon Facebook to sell By Jody Serrano contours of freedom of expression,” officials Daily Texan Staff said in the Jan. 26 statement. “Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not stocks publicly New tweets may soon be sweeping the Twit- be able to exist there.” tersphere carrying a message some may not like Such countries include France By Sarah White — “this tweet has been withheld.” Under Twit- Facebook is projected to raise $5 bil- and Germany, which ban pro-Nazi Daily Texan Staff lion in revenue through going public ter’s new censorship policy, certain tweets may be content. Other countries may have withheld if they violate a country’s laws. and could be worth $75-100 billion, similar freedom of expression poli- Facebook representatives an- although analyzing the worth of Fa- Twitter announced new guidelines last month cies as those in the U.S. but for his- that allow the social network to withhold people’s nounced that the social network- cebook is incredibly difficult. torical or cultural reasons restrict cer- ing website will soon be selling their “If Facebook can replicate what tweets based on freedom of expression policies in tain types of content, according to specific countries. In a blog post titled “Tweets still stock publicly with the goal of mak- happened with Google, they could the statement. ing the company stronger and con- be very successful,” Konana said. must flow,” Twitter officials said this policy will The UT Austin Twitter page current- be reactive in nature and the company will only necting more users than ever before. “However, there are not too many ly has more than 21,000 followers and has Representatives announced the examples of success [from com- withhold tweets when required to do so by a val- published more than 1,400 tweets. Univer- id and applicable legal request. While Twitter has initial public Wednesday Feb. 1, al- panies similar to Facebook] from sity spokesman Gary Susswein said the new though there is no set date for when which to draw conclusions.” not enforced these new guidelines as of now, offi- policies will not affect how and what the Uni- cials said they will notify users if their tweets have the company’s stock will be available He said the outcome of Facebook versity tweets. for trade on the market. becoming a publicly-owned compa- been withheld. “We always exercise caution in the topics, “As we continue to grow internationally, we will Prabhudev Konana, chair of the ny was especially difficult to predict enter countries that have different ideas about the UT department of information, risk, TWITTER continues on PAGE 2 and operations management, said FACEBOOK continues on PAGE 2 WATCH TStv ON Ill animals found hoarded in Austin home CHANNEL 15 By Kayla Jonsson This is an example of a good deed so the rest of the investigation is up 9 p.m. Daily Texan Staff gone bad, she said. to APD.” Videogame Hour “There are different types of Austin Animal Center volunteer Cil- Two Austin animal centers are hoarding, but the kind we see most la McMillen said many of the cats suf- Live scrambling for funds and supplies often is ‘the rescuer,’” Smith said. fered from severe ear mite and flea in- Our resident girl gamers Connie after fifty-six hoarded animals were “This is a hoarder who truly believes festations and had feces and urine stuck and UyenAnh host the first half found in one house last week. he is rescuing animals. He wants to in their fur when they first arrived. hour with a classic review of Austin Animal Services removed be seen as someone who is always Cleaning treatments and vaccinations Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and 31 cats, 18 rabbits and seven guinea adopting and kind to animals and have cured most of the cases, she said. a new review of Soul Calibur 5. pigs from the cramped home, which he can’t see that he is actually harm- “All the cats were tested for feline leu- We will also have live gameplay was in poor condition, said Austin ing them by putting them in an kemia and they were all negative, which of Final Fantasy XIII-2 for the Animal Center chief officer Abigail unhealthy environment.” is so fortunate,” McMillen said. “Often second half. Smith. All of the cats and four of the Smith said hoarding cases can re- times you get cats from cases like this rabbits are under the care of Austin sult in neglect and, therefore, animal who aren’t so lucky.” Pu Ying Huang | Daily Texan Staff Close Animal Center, and all of the guinea cruelty, which is considered a crime. McMillen said despite the cru- Volunteer Cilla McMillen interacts with rescued cats at the Austin Animal pigs and four rabbits are being treated The Austin Police Department is el conditions the cats experienced, Shelter Monday afternoon. Fifty-six cats brought in from an animal Enough by the Austin Humane Society. currently investigating this case, they are all social and craving love hoarding incident have been treated and are now ready for adoption. For Jazz The animals were separated be- Smith said. and attention. cause there were too many for one “The first part of the case was the “They’re so nice,” McMillen said. They just won’t leave you alone.” Society location, said Austin Humane 7-8 p.m. shelter to care for. Most of the ani- court granting us permission to take “They weren’t in great shape when The conditions of the rabbits and Society public relations manager Jazz luminaries and new talents mals are now healthy and ready for the animals out of the home,” she they got here, but now that we’ve guinea pigs were similar to the cats collide, from classic icons to the adoption, Smith said. said. “We have done our part, now cleaned them up, they’re so sweet. upon arriving at the Austin Humane ANIMALS continues on PAGE 2 avant garde fringes. examples of what we treat: flu to fractures, (see more @ medspring.com) we are here for you Injuries Illnesses sprains allergies breaks flu physiciansh i i on-siteit 9am-9pm9 9 dailyd i cuts infections (2120 Guadalupe - on the Drag) burns std testing 2 2 NEWS Tuesday, February 7, 2012 ing techniques. However, she did not think it would significantly affect us- THE DAILY TEXAN FACEBOOK ers. Volume 112, Number 111 continues from PAGE 1 “At this point, as a user, I wouldn’t say the advertising detracted from my because similar companies – such as experience,” Sturdivant said. “I tend LinkedIn and Zynga – have recently to ignore it, like most do. Facebook CONTACT US gone public as well. These companies knows that most ignore their adver- and others that rely on the Internet for tisements, and in the future, I can eas- Main Telephone: success, such as Google and Yahoo, ily see them using more aggressive ad- (512) 471-4591 typically make most of their income vertising methods.” Editor: from advertising, Sturdivant said Viviana Aldous said Konana. although she uses (512) 232-2212 “These compa- Facebook for so- [email protected] nies are all rely- cial and academ- ing on advertising ic purposes, she Managing Editor: revenue, and they These companies are all “ thinks other net- Audrey White are all chasing the working sites are (512) 232-2217 same dollars,” Ko- relying on advertising more professional.