EU privacy watchdog laments weakened privacy proposals: “ Council of ministers ‘watering down’ protection The European Union’s Council of Ministers has weakened proposals to overhaul EU privacy laws and left people with fewer protections for…
Child porn in the age of teenage ‘sexting’: “ Two cases show right, wrong way to prosecute Analysis An international child pornography ring that traded more than 400,000 illegal images and videos – some depicting…
Online advertisers team up on privacy principles: “ Self-regulation to head off Phorm backlash Advertisers and agencies in the US have promised to create a code of practice to allay fears about increasingly intrusive forms…
Germany pushes IWF-style child abuse blocklist: “ What could possibly go wrong? The German government has proposed regulations that will oblige local ISPs to apply a government-mandated block list.… “ (Via The Register – Public…
UK.gov ‘to create anti-net piracy agency’ ‘Rights Agency’ and new regulations to hit P2P infringement By Chris Williams • Get more from this author Posted in Law, 16th January 2009 12:49 GMT Updated Following its…
P2P Filesharing – responses to the consultation – BERR None of the options highlighted in the consultation won widespread support. Rather there was a marked polarisation of views between the rights holder community and consumers…
Slyck News – No Consensus Reached in UK P2P ‘Problem’ January 15, 2009, Thomas Mennecke Last year in October, UK’s BERR, or Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, published a consultation dealing with the…
Prince’s apology for racist term: “Prince Harry apologises after a video shows him using offensive language to describe an Asian member of his army platoon.” (Via BBC News.)
The Associated Press: Edgy China blog site shut amid Internet porn sweep By ANITA CHANG – 09.01.2009 BEIJING (AP) — China expanded an Internet cleanup campaign Friday, shutting down an edgy blog hosting site for…
Watchdog exposes broadband speed rip-off: “Millions of internet customers are getting less than half the broadband speed they are paying for, restricting their ability to download music, film and games.” (Via Law News from Times…