Expert claims file-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet: “The Digital Economy Bill would give the Government the power to control the internet access of UK citizens by ministerial order, bypassing Parliament and…
ISPs slam Digital Economy Bill’s multi-million pound price tag: “ Why should broadband users bail out the music industry? Internet service providers have grumbled that the anti-piracy measures proposed in the Digital Economy Bill (DEB)…
Global Voices partners with Google on freedom of expression award: “ Nominations open today (December 29, 2009) for the Breaking Borders Award, a new prize created by Google and Global Voices to honor outstanding web…
Algeria Joins Filtering Fray: “ Algeria is the latest Arab country to join the ranks of Internet filterers, leaving only Iraq, Egypt, Libya, and Lebanon without widespread filtering. The first report of a blocked site…
Tunisia and Bahrain Block Individual Twitter Pages: “ First, governments blocked Blogspot. Then they blocked Facebook, and then Twitter. And just when technophiles all over the globe started groaning, a couple of governments got a…
Christmas Blues for isoHunt – Liable for Inducing Copyright Infringement: “A California court has granted Columbia Pictures a summary judgment against Gary Fung, the owner and administrator of isoHunt.com, TorrentBox.com, ed2k-it.com and Podtropolis.com. In the…
CN – China Closes Down The Internet: “(Forbes) This week, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released regulations, dated Dec. 15, requiring the registration of all Web sites. MIIT’s justification was the need to…
IN – Yahoo, Flickr and Microsoft introduce access filters: “(Guardian) A Guardian investigation has discovered that several internet companies have quietly introduced filters to prevent Indian users from accessing sexual content. The Yahoo search engine…
CN – China says 5,394 arrested in Internet porn crackdown: “(Reuters) Chinese police said the crackdown on Internet pornography had brought 5,394 arrests and 4,186 criminal case investigations in 2009 – a fourfold increase in…