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Archive for August 4th, 2008

Congress quizzes world+dog over data pimping: “

Phorm letter

US Congressman Ed Markey and his anti-data-pimping brigade are back on the warpath.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Users should check this in the UK too even though it is no secret that major ISPs throttle their network…..

New ‘Switzerland’ Software Exposes Bandwidth-Throttling ISPs: “Net neutrality advocate group Electronic Frontier Foundation releases a new open source application to detect any bandwidth-shaping practices your internet provider may be employing. Users can download the application, named Switzerland, and run it on their own computer to put their ISP to the test.

(Via Wired News.)

Web firms should screen content, says Parliamentary committee: “Websites which accept user-generated content should do more to screen out content that might be harmful to the public, a Parliamentary committee has warned. Sites should also publish prominent terms and conditions banning harmful content, it said.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Illegal downloading ‘here to stay’: “New study claims downloading through P2P and torrent sites is ‘entrenched’”

(Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk.)