New Internet Treaty Alarms Online Freedom Advocates: “The text of a new anti-counterfeiting treaty being considered by the Obama administration has alarmed digital freedom advocates, but it might satisfy anyone who hates tube sites.” (Via…
WTO May Challenge Internet Censorship: “Reuters is reporting that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is set to release a study claiming that censorship of the Internet is open to challenge by the global regulatory body…
Judge Orders BearTrapping.com to Reveal Subscriber IP Addresses: “A federal judge has ordered the operator of BearTrapping.com to reveal IP addresses of subscribers who may have had a part in the file sharing of 40…
CN – China's Censorship 2.0: How companies censor bloggers: (First Monday) by Rebecca MacKinnon. This study explores an under-studied layer of Chinese Internet censorship: how Chinese Internet companies censor user-generated content, usually by deleting it…
Terrorism chiefs don’t know what they’ve censored online: “ You jolly well wanted records? Oh Police are shutting websites without keeping any records, hampering government efforts to address online extremism, it’s been revealed.… “ (Via…
Swiss roll Street View into court: “ Data protection supremo’s patience runs out Switzerland’s head of federal data protection has announced that he’s taking Google to court after the search monolith refused to comply with…
High Court: Online article with only four visits not libel: “ Claimants told where to go in no uncertain terms A libel action over an article that appeared on the website of a South African…
ICO chastises NHS over data losses: “ A very leaky vessel indeed NHS organisations were responsible for 30 per cent of the security breaches reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the last two years.……
MPs’ Pretty Good Privacy ‘ban’ finally explained: “ Parliament misunderstands privacy, not for the first time MPs have been told once again that they can’t use PGP to encrypt their email because of supposed compatibility…
IGF censors for China: “ Nice work lads, nice work The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has made a right mess of the opening day of its meeting in Egypt.… “ (Via The Register – Public…