Wikileaks suspends ops to launch pledge drive: “(The Register) Wikileaks has temporarily suspended operations while it launches a pledge drive. The whistle blowing site is taking time out to ask for support in many forms,…
Privacy policy clause is not justification for revealing anonymous poster’s identity, US court rules: “An anonymous web user who posted a comment under an online newspaper story cannot be un-masked, a US Court has ruled….
UK publishers win right to protect brewer leak source: “Five UK news publishers have won the right not to hand over leaked documents after defying successive UK court rulings ordering them to release the files….
Government charts Digital Britain progress: “The Government claims that a quarter of the recommendations in the Digital Britain report published six months ago have already been implemented. Others, including the passing of controversial legislation, are…
Why Nominet disconnected more than 1,000 sites with no court oversight: “The body responsible for the .uk internet addresses disconnected over 1,200 websites without any oversight from a court. The much-publicised action last month was…
Report of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on Turkey and Internet Censorship (PDF file) Prepared by Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Associate Professor, Human Rights Law Research Center, Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University….
Chinese Censorship Equals Protectionism – WSJ.com: “Chinese Censorship Equals Protectionism Freedom of speech violations aside, Beijing may also be violating its WTO obligations. WSJ, 06 January, 2010 By FREDRIK ERIXON AND HOSUK LEE-MAKIYAMA Beijing’s methods…
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…