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Archive for April 5th, 2009

Playboy TV offers ‘Jacq off’ special package: “

Home Office says adult movies were ‘vanilla’ flavoured

Comment The ultimate demotion of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, from grim-faced scourge of individual liberty to national joke, came one step closer last night with the launch of Playboy TV’s Jacqui Smith VIP package.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

US judge bars teen ’sexting’ charges: “

Provocative is as provocative does

A federal judge has temporarily barred a Pennsylvania prosecutor from filing child pornography charges against three teenage girls who took nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

UK.gov to get power to force ISPs to block child porn: “

IWF refuseniks under pressure

The European Union wants new laws that would grant national governments the power to force ISPs to block child pornography.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Tories fear legal dodge over comms überdatabase: “

Euro data law comes into force on Monday

Laws mandating a massive central database of email, web browsing, telephone and social networking data may already have been passed without proper scrutiny by MPs, according to the Conservatives.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Pirate Bay linking could implicate Facebook, says lawyer: “The Pirate Bay has unveiled a feature that makes it easy for web users to post links to pirated material on their Facebook page. The activity risks passing liability for copyright infringement on to Facebook, a technology lawyer warned.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

EU issues ultimatum on internet privacy: “The European Commission today delivered an ultimatum to internet firms – improve your approach to privacy online, or face a regulatory clampdown from Brussels.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

European Commission publishes guidance on overseas transfers of personal data: “The European Commission has prepared a set of questions and answers as well as a flowchart to help companies understand when they can and when they cannot send personal data abroad.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

MEPs urge governments to produce surveillance register: “Governments should create a list of all organisations that track internet use and produce an annual report on internet surveillance, the European Parliament has said.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

French pass ‘three strikes’ file-sharing law: “In a decision that is likely to alarm file-sharers worldwide, an almost empty French National Assembly has finally voted through its ‘three strikes law’ designed to clamp down on file-sharing and illegal downloads.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)