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Archive for May 14th, 2008

Associations, activists speak out against latest YouTube ban: “Associations, activists speak out against latest YouTube ban
Frequent bans on access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube have frustrated several associations and activists advocating freedom of speech and expression.”

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Reporters sans frontières – Turkey: “Authorities urged to amend restrictive laws after YouTube blocked for third time in two months

(PNG) Reporters Without Borders is astonished that access to the video-sharing website YouTube has again been blocked again in Turkey since 5 May as a result of court orders issued by Ankara magistrate courts on 24 and 30 April. The grounds for blocking the website were not given in either case.

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UK – Web users back code for bloggers: “(Guardian)
Nearly half of all internet users would support a voluntary code of conduct for bloggers and online commentators, according to research. A survey by legal firm DLA Piper said 46% of web users think bloggers should sign up to a code that reflected the laws on defamation, intellectual property and incitement, with 15% ambivalent and 4% strongly opposed.”

(Via QuickLinks Update.)

South Korea Starts ‘War Against Pornography’: “The South Korean government has started a multilevel ‘war against pornography,’ intended ‘to fight against lewd material on television, the Internet and elsewhere.’”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

Google blurs the privacy issue: “(Guardian)
Google is hoping to avoid a fight with European privacy campaigners as it prepares to launch its controversial Street View service this side of the Atlantic later in the year, by introducing new technology that blurs the faces of people its cameras inadvertently snap while scanning the streets.”

(Via QuickLinks Update.)

This is an article from: TorrentFreak

First European Anti-Piracy Disconnection: The Finnish Government

The last few months have turned the possibility of disconnecting file-sharers from the Internet into a hot topic. France has been at the forefront of pushing disconnections and many other countries have indicated they would like to implement similar policies, despite objections and concerns that such actions are a disproportionate response to personal file-sharing activities. So far, the general impression is that we are a long way from these things actually happening. Until today.

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MySpace wins bumper spam payout: “MySpace has won $234m in damages from spammers – but has little chance of getting the cash say experts.”

(Via BBC News.)