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BBC NEWS | UK | England | West Yorkshire | ‘Dumbest criminal’ records crimes
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008BBC NEWS, ‘Dumbest criminal’ records crimes: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 12:58 UK”
A Leeds man has been dubbed the city’s “dumbest criminal” by a councillor for posting videos of anti-social behaviour on the YouTube website.
Analysis: Should YouTube censor al-Qaida?
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Analysis: Should YouTube censor al-Qaida? - UPI.com: “Analysis: Should YouTube censor al-Qaida?”
Published: May 20, 2008 at 10:12 AM, By SHAUN WATERMAN
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) — Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., called Monday for YouTube to take down al-Qaida videos that users had posted, but the site said most of the videos his office had flagged did not contain material that violated their guidelines and rejected his request that they act to remove all material from U.S. designated terror groups.
In a letter to Eric Schmidt, the chairman and chief executive officer of Google Inc., which owns YouTube, Lieberman urged the popular video-sharing service to enforce its own “community guidelines” against “graphic or gratuitous violence” and said the company should change its rules “to address violent extremist material.”
Social networking site bans the over 36s in sex offender claims
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008OUT-LAW News, 21/05/2008
Social networking site bans the over 36s in sex offender claims | OUT-LAW.COM: Social networking site bans the over 36s in sex offender claims
A social networking site has deleted most of its users over the age of 36 because it claims older users pose a danger of sex offending. It claims to be forced into the action by the Government, but the part of a law it cites is not yet in force.
SOCA defends e-crime record as minister admits gap
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008SOCA defends e-crime record as minister admits gap: “
NHTCU ‘nostalgia’ misplaced, says UK’s FBI
Analysis The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has defended its record in tackling cybercrime, arguing that it has more resources at its disposal in fighting e-crime than the more specialist police agency it replaced.…
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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)
YouTomb Keeps an Eye on YouTube’s Graveyard
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008YouTomb Keeps an Eye on YouTube’s Graveyard: An MIT watchdog keeps tabs on clips pulled down from the popular video site.
(Via Wired News.)
Wikimedia Foundation muzzles Wikinews
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Wikimedia Foundation muzzles Wikinews: “
Speech is free if you pretend it’s free
Wikinews - like its sister site, Wikipedia - bills itself as a place without bias. Ostensibly, it’s a democratic news source that never answers to a higher power. But that’s just a setup for the latest act in the world’s greatest online farce.…
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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)
UK.gov plans central database for all your communications
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
UK.gov plans central database for all your: “ communications
Brown team plots Ripa redux?
The Brown government is considering a central database of all UK communications data including times and durations of phone calls, emails and internet access for every British citizen.…
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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)
Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Read me first: Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first, The Guardian: “Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first, Bruce Schneier, Thursday May 15 2008″
Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you’re entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for several days. Customs and Border Patrol has not published any rules regarding this practice, and I and others have written a letter to Congress urging it to investigate and regulate this practice.
But the US is not alone. British customs agents search laptops for pornography. And there are reports on the internet of this sort of thing happening at other borders, too. You might not like it, but it’s a fact. So how do you protect yourself?
UK - Criticism for ‘database’ plan
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008UK - Criticism for ‘database’ plan: “(BBC)
Plans for a super-database containing the details of all phone calls and e-mails sent in the UK have been heavily criticised by experts. The government is considering the changes as part of its ongoing fight against serious crime and terrorism.”
(Via QuickLinks Update.)
Transcript: FBI director on surveillance of ‘illegal’ Internet activity
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Transcript: FBI director on surveillance of ‘illegal’ Internet activity:
When the FBI suggested that it should be able to perform wide-scale Internet monitoring to detect ‘illegal activity’ on Wednesday, the bureau raised more questions than it answered.
To help clear things up, we’re providing the transcript of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s exchange at a House of Representatives …
(Via The Iconoclast.)
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