(Via Techdirt.) Davenport Lyons Reported To Authorities; DigiProtect Insists Its Actions Are Aboveboard: “It seems things kept getting worse for Davenport Lyons and DigiProtect, who have teamed up to threaten an awful lot of people…
Post from: TorrentFreak Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of 2008 As 2008 moves toward its end, we have been taking a a look at the most pirated titles in various categories. Following our Top 10…
Proposed Web Filter Criticized in Australia: “The system would force Internet service providers to block access to thousands of sites containing questionable or illegal content. (Via NYT > Technology.)
BREIN Nukes 75 BitTorrent Sites: “BREIN has apparently taken down no fewer than 75 Dutch based BitTorrent sites, as reported in their press release today. The 72 sites were part of an elaborate hierarchy and…
Wired.com: New Service Makes Tor Anonymized Content Available to All By Kim Zetter EmailDecember 12, 2008 | 6:46:20 PMCategories: Privacy Two veteran coders have teamed up to create a kind of Google for the anonymous…
EU – New Safer Internet Programme: “(RAPID) The EU will have a new Safer Internet Programme as of 1 January 2009. Following the overwhelmingly positive vote on 23 October in which the European Parliament expressed…
EU – Improvement in filtering tools: “The new SIP Bench study on filtering tools shows that overall tools have improved over the last three years and have become easier to install. During the last year…
EU – new Eurobarometer survey: parents’ perspective: “(RAPID) A new Eurobarometer survey ‘Towards a safer use of the Internet for children in the EU ? a parents’ perspective’ has ben published. According to the survey…
I don’t agree with the views expressed in this article but cyberlaw.org.uk provides links to all views expressed on the IWF matter. The IWF’s role is NOT comparable to the Advertising Standards Authority and the…
IWF rethinks its role: “ Ministry of Justice misleads on extreme porn Anger at aborted attempts by net censor, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to block material hosted on Wikipedia earlier this week may lead…