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Archive for February 7th, 2010

Solicitor General takes fresh pop at PunterNet: “

Baird blasts web-based brass band

The website PunterNet, which provides a forum for sex workers and clients in the UK, was singled out for a slapping last autumn by Harriet Harman. Naturally the site saw its figures rocket as it was brought to wider attention. The government is now gunning for it again, but who’ll benefit this time?…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Home Office spawns new unit to expand internet surveillance: “

One acronym to rule them all

Exclusive The Home Office has created a new unit to oversee a massive increase in surveillance of the internet, The Register has learned, quashing suggestions the plans are on hold until after the election.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Aussie censor balks at bijou boobs: “

Gets confused about other female bits also

The proposed Australian Government clampdown on smut just got a whole lot broader, as news emerged of a ban on small breasts and female ejaculation in adult material.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Extreme Pr0n – One Year On: “

Little protection from extreme images – but pets are safe

Analysis One year on from the passage of the extreme porn laws, and it would appear that the worst fears of those who campaigned against them have, in the main, not been realised. At the same time, the case for driving a coach and horses through some basic principles of English Law feels equally unmade.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Directgov battles terrorism with report-a-website page: “

Watch out YouTube

The Home Office has launched a page for people to report online extremism and terror-related content.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Extreme pr0n suspect has his internet access suspended: “

Heard not seen, at least not online

A new threat for those suspected of ogling extreme porn arrives today in the shape of an internet ban pending trial. This is what lawyers might term ‘an interesting idea’, and one that could come to cause grief far more widely if it catches on.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Four UK politicians charged for dodgy expenses: “

Three MPs and a Lord

The Crown Prosecution Service has informed the Metropolitan Police that it intends to charge four politicians with accounting offences after the investigation into the expenses scandal.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Spooks scour gambling sites in terror finance probe: “

Money laundering with a poker face

The security services are running 23 ongoing investigations into the exploitation of gambling websites to finance terrorism.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Government refuses to publish ACTA documents: “The Government has refused to place documents relating to a controversial secret global trade deal on intellectual property rights on the public record. A Government minister said that to do so would damage the UK’s international interests.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Privacy pioneer search engine launches anonymous surfing service: “A search engine company that has won plaudits for its efforts to protect users’ privacy is launching a proxy-surfing service on Thursday by which users can look at web pages without the knowledge of the page owner.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)