The Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill has just finished its Third Reading Debate at the House of Lords (30.04.2008) and there seem to be little hope for improvement (or complete abandonment) when it goes back…
Inconsistencies with other legislation within the extreme pornography provisions of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill will lead into definitional problems, and disproportionate penalties argues Dr. Yaman Akdeniz. According to subsection 7 of Clause 62…
Whitehall kick starts digital strategy: “ Minister juggles responsibility for e-inclusion and Wales A new Cabinet committee on IT and information security is aiming to publish a digital strategy for government this summer.… “ (Via…
Unspeak » Extreme images: “Extreme images Pornography and thoughtcrime in Britain May 1, 2008 The British government, net exporter of liberty, is going to make it a criminal offence, punishable by a prison term of…
No rough sex please, we’re British | Opinion | The First Post: “No rough sex please, we’re British A new law banning so-called ‘extreme’ pornography is a nonsense, argues Sean Thomas Hard cases make bad…
Office snooping software attacked by privacy groups – Times Online: “From Times Online April 25, 2008 Office snooping software attacked by privacy groups E-mail reading programs can monitor message content and even analyse the relationship…
Tax staff breach data security: “More than 600 HM Revenue and Customs staff have been disciplined for accessing personal or sensitive data.” (Via BBC News.)
Identity ‘at risk’ on Facebook: “The personal details of Facebook users could potentially be stolen by malicious hackers, the BBC’s Click has found.” (Via BBC News.)
Google readies for action against Dutch smut site: “ We’re not googling, we’re ogling Google is girding its loins for action against Porngoogle.nl, a Dutch site which indexes 26,000 movies from 11 Dutch online porn…
BBC NEWS | Magazine | ‘I am not doing anything wrong’: “‘I am not doing anything wrong’ A bill outlawing the possession of ‘extreme pornography’ is about to be passed. But thousands of law-abiding citizens…