America wakes up to the surveillance society: “ Who watches the watchmen’s mobile phone? Civil liberties groups in the US are demanding that the Department of Justice cough details of its use of mobile phone…
Google in deal with Brazil to fight child porn – Yahoo! News: “Wed Jul 2, 2:46 PM ET BRASILIA (Reuters) – Internet search company Google signed an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to…
Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom: “Google must turn over records of everyone who has watched YouTube videos to Viacom, which is suing the internet giant for copyright infringement. A rights…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Virgin Media: ‘Absolutely No Possibility’ of Disconnecting File-Sharers: Virgin Media, plagued by a recent flurry of bad publicity thanks to its policy of working with the music industry to…
Virgin warns 800 punters for file-sharing: “ ‘Important. If you don’t read this, your broadband could be disconnected.’ The BPI has written to 800 Virgin Media customers warning them to stop sharing music files or…
Warning letters to ‘file-sharers’: “The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.” (Via BBC News.)
Bits: Our Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy: “A forthcoming study from Carnegie Mellon shows that people are more inclined to divulge private information online in some contexts than others. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Groups Sue U.S. Government Over Mobile Phone Tracking: “The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are asking a federal court to order the Department of Justice to turn over records about the…
Virgin Media ads throttled by peak time bandwidth squeeze: “ BT snipe on target The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rapped Virgin Media for making dodgy claims about its download speeds after a complaint by…