Reporting bans may lose their power in Twitter age says expert after Guardian ban is lifted: “The editor of a newspaper which was banned from reporting on the tabling of a question in Parliament has…
Proposed age law for online retail faces Parliamentary scrutiny: “A proposal that will force online retailers to take extra steps to ensure that young people cannot buy or access inappropriate goods or material will move…
UK should do more on spam and spyware, says EU report: “The UK is not doing enough to deter spammers and combat the use of malicious computer code to damage users’ computers, according to a…
CA – Social Network Site Privacy: A Comparative Analysis of Six Sites: “(Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada) This report was prepared for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner by Jennifer Barrigar, a consultant…
Turkey criticized for blocking access to websites By Yigal Schleifer Oct 9, 2009, 2:08 GMT Istanbul – For Turkish internet users, it’s an image that’s becoming increasingly familiar: at many websites, instead of a homepage,…
This speech will be delivered in Strasbourg on Thursday, 08 October, 2009 Intervention Speech for the Cross-Border Internet: Consultation meeting organised by the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 8-9 October 2009. By Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Associate…
On 22 September 2009 I estimated that access to at least 6000 websites are blocked from Turkey. That was followed by the infamous blocking decisions involving both myspace.com and Last.fm from Turkey. During this weekend…
Brooke Shields pic exposes real/online rift Will the Internet Watch Foundation act? Police advice to the Tate Modern Art Gallery, that one of the pictures in their current ‘Pop Life‘ exhibition may be child porn,…
Illegal internet downloaders may face connection slowdown: “People who persistently download music illegally may have their internet connections slowed rather than cut off.“ (Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)
Facebook removes ‘Should Obama be killed?’ poll | Technically Incorrect – CNET News: “September 28, 2009 11:57 AM PDT by Chris Matyszczyk Updated at 12:28 p.m. PDT with comment from Facebook. All human life is…