UK – Internet safety for children targeted: “(BBC) Lessons in using the internet safely are set to become a compulsory part of the curriculum for primary schoolchildren in England from 2011. The lessons are one…
CN – China expands porn sting by shutting P2P video sites: “(IDG News Service) Chinese regulators have taken a wide-ranging war against online porn one step further by closing a series of popular BitTorrent and…
CN – China tightens Internet controls in the name of fighting porn, piracy, and cybercrime: “(Rebecca MacKinnon) China’s blocking of overseas websites – including Facebook, Twitter, and thousands of other websites including this blog –…
US – Study: 15 percent of teens have gotten 'sext' messages: “(CNET) Sending explicit content, such as naked or near-naked photos, via text message – a phenomenon also known as ‘sexting’ – is a familiar…
AU – Australia mulls mandatory ISP filtering: “(ZDNet) Mandatory ISP filtering legislation is expected to be introduced in Australia around the middle of 2010, after which there will be a one year period to implement…
Virgin Media to roll out copyright infringement detection tool: “(Computing) Virgin Media is trialling a copyright infringement tool that could be built into the technology underpinning its upcoming music download subscription service. The Detica-supplied system…
Newspaper thwarts libel claim with E-Commerce Regulations defence: “A newspaper publisher was not liable for user comments posted after an online article and will not have to pay out libel damages, the High Court has…
9/11 pager messages published online: Whistleblowing website publishes ‘intercepted’ texts in order officials and witnesses sent them The unfolding secret story of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon is being…
Yahoo Issues Takedown Notice for Spying Price List: A detailed menu of Yahoo’s spying services for law enforcement agencies leaks onto the web. The company issues a DMCA takedown notice to a site that posted…
EU – The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy: “(IPTS) This report by the The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies provides a systematic empirical assessment of the creation, use and…