Long-standing YouTube ban lifted only for several hours: “Long-standing YouTube ban lifted only for several hours” A court order blocking access to popular video-sharing Web site YouTube that has been in place for one-and-a-half months…
GROWING INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKEY – Eurasia Daily Monitor By Gareth Jenkins, Thursday, June 19, 2008 On June 18 and 19 Turkish lawyers, academics and Internet professionals met in the mountain resort of Abant in…
Canadian Human Rights Commission Launches Independent Review On Hate Messaging on the Internet (Ottawa, June 17, 2008) – The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) has launched a comprehensive policy review of how best to address…
Sweden approves wiretapping law: “Sweden’s parliament passes new laws on surveillance, labelled Europe’s most far-reaching eavesdropping plan.” (Via BBC News.)
Do you know how much of your porn is extreme?: “ If you’ve got the time, ask a policeman It seems likely that the government thought that passing a new law on extreme porn would…
Suicide websites and internet chatrooms could be closed down – Telegraph By Graham Tibbetts, Last Updated: 7:30AM BST 06/06/2008″ Websites that encourage people to commit suicide could be shut down under changes to the law,…
ISPs: Govt porn filters ‘could cripple internet’: News – Communications – ZDNet Australia: “ISPs: Govt porn filters ‘could cripple internet’ Marcus Browne, ZDNet.com.au, 16 June 2008 03:31 PM Broadband providers Internode and iiNet have hit…
Budget provides policing for internet safety | Senator Stephen Conroy | Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced a targeted…
Professors Siding With Jammie Thomas in RIAA Case: “A group of university professors is weighing in on the Jammie Thomas case, telling the trial judge he erred when instructing jurors that having an open share…
Sweden ushers in bugging for all: “ Sweden this evening voted in favour of its controversial snoop law, after the proposal was amended earlier today.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)