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Archive for April 15th, 2009

Setback for Sarkozy as French parliament rejects controversial internet law

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Setback for Sarkozy as French parliament rejects controversial internet law: “President Sarkozy suffered an embarrassing setback in his efforts to curb
illegal downloading when an opposition ploy led Parliament to reject a
controversial new law that would cut off internet service to offenders.”

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

Britain in the dock over secret tracking of internet accounts

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Britain in the dock over secret tracking of internet accounts: “Fears that Britain is slipping into a surveillance society have been
heightened by Brussels initiating legal action after declaring that UK laws
guaranteeing data protection were ‘structurally flawed’ and well below the
European standard.”

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)