Shelly Palmer Radio Report – December 23, 2010

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The CIA is enlisting a task force to determine the amount of damage WikiLeaks has caused the US government. With the apt acronym of W.T.F., the WikiLeaks Task Force comes years after previous CIA data breaches. The task force intends to inventory classified data on over a dozen networks and monitor any possible misuse. In other news, Mark Zuckerberg’s vacation to China turned into a meet and greet with China’s top technology executives. A strong partnership in China would help Facebook reach more than 500 million untapped Internet users. Zuckerberg says that Facebook can’t reach everyone if it leaves out China. And finally, after immense pressure from attorneys general around the US, Craigslist was forced to remove its adult services ads worldwide. Facing complaints that they were aiding the solicitation of prostitution and the section’s removal in the states, dozens of countries followed suit. Was Craigslist trying to keep the section up for free speech, or revenue?

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).