China strengthens Great Firewall ahead of anniversary: “ Tor users targeted The Chinese government has used its unrivalled net censorship apparatus to attack parts of the Tor network ahead of the 60th anniversary of communist…
Yaman Akdeniz, an Associate Professor of law at the Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University today (29 September, 2009) made an appeal to the Beyoglu Criminal Court of Peace to overturn the blocking decision involving…
Big differences in big banks’ security – Which? Computing magazine – Press – About Which? 27 August 2009 Some of Britain’s biggest banks appear to be leaving their customers’ online accounts vulnerable to fraud because…
Bt plans to soak subscribers to police filesharing – The Inquirer: “BT plans to soak subscribers to police filesharing £25 each per year By Rosalie Marshall, Thursday, 24 September 2009, 14:27 PROPOSALS to suspend the…
Syria: Blogger Kareem Arbaji Sentenced to Three Years in prison: “ On September 13, 2009, the Syrian State Security Supreme Court sentenced the young blogger Kareem Arbaji to three-years prison for ‘publishing mendacious information liable…
MÜYAP: No Intention to Block Access to Last FM and MySpace: “MÜYAP chairman Forta claimed: ‘Ownership rights are stolen, we fight for our right. Turkish law blocked access to the websites’. Forta argued that MÜYAP…
Copyright Protection Without Harm to Freedom of Speech: “In the course of the discussion of blocked access to the entire contents of MySpace, RSF pointed out that the Turkish Internet legislation violates the European Convention…
Euro project to arrest us for what they think we will do: “ ‘Positively chilling’ says Liberty Radical Think Tank Open Europe has this week exposed a study by the EU that could lead to…
Reporters Sans Frontières: Prosecutors violate online free expression to protect copyright Published on 23 September 2009 The social networking website MySpace has been blocked in Turkey since 19 September over a copyright dispute. Anyone trying…
Guide to EU small claims procedure for cross-border disputes below €2,000: “A consumer protection group has published a guide to taking legal action against anybody in the European Union for a fixed cost and without…