I thought they might use the British CleanFeed system but apparently the companies have agreed to shut down access to Usenet newsgroups that traffic in pornographic images of children. The US ISPs are a bit…
MPs propose new safeguards for Government uses of personal data: “A Parliamentary committee has called on the Government to be more transparent about its uses of personal data and to adopt ‘a principle of data…
Facebook profiles need shielding from media intrusion, say users: “Nine in ten web users want guidelines on what information the media can use from social networking sites and 78% would change the information they publish…
UK is not a surveillance society, MPs claim: “ Well, not yet anyway The Home Affairs Committee has called on the government to follow a ‘minimum data, held for the minumum time’ approach to British…
Behind China’s Great Firewall – Web Censorship in Other Countries – News and Analysis by PC Magazine: 06.06.08 Aside from China, there are many other countries that block access to certain sites, including some nations…
The Indypendent » War on Terrorism Moves to Internet: By Jessica Lee, From the June 6, 2008 issue | Posted in National Thwarted in an attempt to pass the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention…
Basically they call for more controls, blocking, and censorship. House of Commons Hansard Debates for 04 Jun 2008 (pt 0023): “4 Jun 2008 : Column 893 Internet Regulation Motion made, and Question proposed, That this…
Virgin Media and BPI join forces to attack illegal filesharing: “ Let’s make threatening music together Virgin Media will launch a campaign against illegal downloading next week, when it’ll begin firing off warning letters to…
Watching while you surf: “(Economist) Is it a worrying invasion of privacy for web surfers, or a lucrative new business model for online advertising? A new ‘behavioural’ approach to targeting internet advertisements, being pioneered by…
Cavalcade of privacy watchdogs bark for data pimping probe: “ Deep packet inspection goes to Washington Fifteen privacy watchdogs – yes, fifteen – have tossed a letter at Congress, urging the House Telecommunications Subcommittee to…