How the government uses dirty data to legislate morality: “ So what’s a standard deviation? When it comes to sex and censorship, Government’s insistence that laws are ‘evidence-based’ is little more than hot air.… “…
Brussels to sue UK over Phorm failures: “ ICO and Phorm respond Updated The European Commission has revealed plans to sue the UK government over its failure to take any action against BT and Phorm…
Germany not a hard-line censor after all: “ Wikileaks.de suffers chronic lack of teutonic efficiency Rumours of state censorship in Germany may turn out to have been just a little exaggerated. However, plans for putting…
Setback for Sarkozy as French parliament rejects controversial internet law: “President Sarkozy suffered an embarrassing setback in his efforts to curb illegal downloading when an opposition ploy led Parliament to reject a controversial new law…
Britain in the dock over secret tracking of internet accounts: “Fears that Britain is slipping into a surveillance society have been heightened by Brussels initiating legal action after declaring that UK laws guaranteeing data protection…
US outlines secretive international piracy deal: “The world’s major economic powers are considering whether to involve internet service providers (ISPs) in fighting copyright infringement and how to stop pirated material crossing borders, according to documents…
Facebook blocks Pirate Bay torrent links: “Facebook has blocked users of the notorious Pirate Bay torrent link site from sharing their links via the social networking site. One technology law expert had warned that the…
Goldman Sachs threatens blogger over demonic domain name: “A blogger has taken legal action to defend his right to criticise bailed-out investment bank Goldman Sachs. The bank has threatened to sue over trade mark infringement,…
UK’s privacy laws illegally inadequate, says Europe: “UK laws protecting the privacy of people’s communications are inadequate, the European Commission has said. The Commission has launched a legal case against the UK over its implementation…
Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » Germany Opts For ISP Filtering Of Child Pornography; NGOs Warn Of Unintended Impact 30 March 2009 By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch @ 7:58 pm Several German…