CyberLaw Blog

Archive for November 16th, 2009

New Internet Treaty Alarms Online Freedom Advocates: “The text of a new anti-counterfeiting treaty being considered by the Obama administration has alarmed digital freedom advocates, but it might satisfy anyone who hates tube sites.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

WTO May Challenge Internet Censorship: “Reuters is reporting that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is set to release a study claiming that censorship of the Internet is open to challenge by the global regulatory body due to its restrictions on trade.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

Judge Orders BearTrapping.com to Reveal Subscriber IP Addresses: “A federal judge has ordered the operator of BearTrapping.com to reveal IP addresses of subscribers who may have had a part in the file sharing of 40 Titan Media videos.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

CN – China's Censorship 2.0: How companies censor bloggers: (First Monday)
by Rebecca MacKinnon. This study explores an under-studied layer of Chinese Internet censorship: how Chinese Internet companies censor user-generated content, usually by deleting it or preventing its publication. Systematic testing of Chinese blog service providers reveals that domestic censorship is very decentralized with wide variation from company to company. Test results also showed that a great deal of politically sensitive material survives in the Chinese blogosphere, and that chances for its survival can likely be improved with knowledge and strategy.

(Via QuickLinks Update.)

Terrorism chiefs don’t know what they’ve censored online: “

You jolly well wanted records? Oh

Police are shutting websites without keeping any records, hampering government efforts to address online extremism, it’s been revealed.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Swiss roll Street View into court: “

Data protection supremo’s patience runs out

Switzerland’s head of federal data protection has announced that he’s taking Google to court after the search monolith refused to comply with several privacy requests regarding its Swiss Street View service.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

High Court: Online article with only four visits not libel: “

Claimants told where to go in no uncertain terms

A libel action over an article that appeared on the website of a South African magazine has been dismissed by a court in England. Evidence suggested that the article had received only four visits from the UK in a two month period.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

ICO chastises NHS over data losses: “

A very leaky vessel indeed

NHS organisations were responsible for 30 per cent of the security breaches reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the last two years.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

MPs’ Pretty Good Privacy ‘ban’ finally explained: “

Parliament misunderstands privacy, not for the first time

MPs have been told once again that they can’t use PGP to encrypt their email because of supposed compatibility problems between the encryption software and VPN remote access software installed on parliamentary computers.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

IGF censors for China: “

Nice work lads, nice work

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has made a right mess of the opening day of its meeting in Egypt.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)