Mucky private chat could be illegal soon

Mucky private chat could be illegal soon: “

Risky encounters of the IRC and Twitter kind

Could 2010 be the year when the authorities finally clamp down on the internet – and in the process abolish some fundamental liberties we have been taking for granted for a very long time? The answer from two cases – one now over, though possibly subject to appeal, the other going forward to a full hearing later this year – could be a very worrying affirmative.…

(Via The Register – Public Sector.)