The dangers of Internet censorship – The Boston Globe By Harry Lewis, November 5, 2008 SUPPOSE that government regulators proposed to read all postal mail in order to protect families from things they should not…
Good article. Techdirt: Technology Moral Panics: But Think Of The Children!
Denial of Service and distributing hacking tools finally criminalised: “A law criminalising denial of service attacks and the supply of hacking tools has been brought into force in England and Wales after a number of…
Since the Turkish Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications came into force in November 2007, several websites were blocked by…
Malaysian authorities release detained anti-government blogger Malaysian authorities today freed a blogger who edits an anti-government news website, after a court ruled his arrest under a law allowing indefinite detention was illegal. Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s…
Malaysian Blogger Fights a System He Perfected: “Mahathir Mohamad, former prime minister of Malaysia, is one of an increasing number of bloggers challenging government censorship and gaining influence in the political process.” (Via NYT >…
German court curbs data collection law: “ 34,000 class action suit pays off Germany’s Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe today has curbed Germany’s wide-reaching data collection law even further, by stating that the data can only…
Cohen’s article refers to the censorship attempt involving the Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar and the Akdeniz & Altiparmak article published in Bianet. Nick Cohen: Beware – creationism’s march will go on, The Observer, November 2,…
Is the internet going down down under?: “ It’s the end of the net as we know it The battle is now on for the soul of the Australian internet. The outcome could have enormous…
Virgin Atlantic sacks 13 over Facebook comments: “Virgin Atlantic has dismissed 13 staff because of comments they made on social networking site Facebook. The staff, all cabin crew, broke the company’s policies, the airline said.”…