EU – European 'internet freedom' law agreed: “(ZDNet UK) Europe is set to get a major overhaul of its telecoms regulation, after the European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers reached a compromise on the…
EU agrees internet restriction guidelines: “Europe’s MEPs and Council representatives on Wednesday night agreed that restrictions on access to the internet within the EU may ‘only be imposed if they are appropriate, proportionate and necessary…
New letter reveals top army brass involvement in plot Zaman, 05 November 2009, Thursday BETÜL AKKAYA DEMIRBAŞ İSTANBUL New letter reveals top army brass involvement in plot – A second letter written by an unnamed…
Removed paper on Internet censorship trails in Australia, NZ, UK with NetClean Whitebox, 2009 – Wikileaks From Wikileaks, Released October 21, 2009 Summary This is a technology white paper written by an internet censorship company…
Is access to the internet now a human right?: “Can checking your e-mail really be a human right? Carphone Warehouse hopes so. After the Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson, announced his plans to disconnect persistent internet…
Response to The Register story entitled “Turkey censors Reg commentards” published on 28 October, 2009. Dear Sirs, I am the director of Cyber-Rights.Org based in the UK and its sister organisation Cyber-Rights.Org.TR based in Turkey….
China Bans ‘Pornographic’ Online Literature: “Chinese authorities have banned 1,414 works of online literature, saying all of it was deemed obscene.” By Rhett Pardon, Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 BEIJING — Chinese authorities have banned 1,414…
Ruling Likely to Upset Obscenity Prosecutions: “Prosecutors will have to work much harder reaching a Internet obscenity convictions after Wednesday’s ruling by the 9th Circuit.” By Rhett Pardon, Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 See further 9th…
Illegal file-sharing sites up 300 per cent: Attempts to close down illegal file-sharing sites may simply spread the problem more widely, according to a new report. (Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)
Facebook publishes natural language privacy policy for user-consultation: “Facebook has published a privacy policy which it has written in natural language rather than legal jargon and which it hopes will be the basis of user…