Wife of Sir John Sawers, the future head of MI6, in Facebook security alertDiplomats and civil servants are to be warned about the danger of putting details of their family and career on social networking…
US -Suit over China’s Web filter to target Lenovo, Acer, Sony: “(IDG News Service) A U.S. company will seek legal action against Lenovo, Acer and Sony next week over their shipment in China of controversial…
EU – Social networking giants are subject to EU data protection laws: “(OUT-LAW News) Social networking sites are legally responsible for their users’ privacy, Europe’s privacy watchdogs have confirmed. The committee of data protection regulators…
CN / EU – Chinese censorship of Internet ‘unacceptable’: EU: “(AFP) The EU accused China of ‘unacceptable’ Internet censorship, as Brussels rejected Beijing’s claim that an internet filter due to be introduced is instead aimed…
China not demolishing Green Dam: “ Censorware not going anywhere after all China’s controversial mandatory censorware has only been delayed rather than abandoned, according to state media.… “ (Via The Register – Comms.)
BT abandons Phorm: “ Not looking good for ad tech BT has abandoned plans to roll out Phorm’s controversial web monitoring and profiling system across its broadband network, claiming it needs to concentrate resources on…
China riots: Twitter and YouTube frustrate ‘censorship attempts’ – Telegraph: “China riots: Twitter and YouTube frustrate ‘censorship attempts’ Published: 1:18PM BST 06 Jul 2009 The communist authorities who built the so-called Great Firewall of China…