Riding the rollercoster of Turkey’s Youtube bans
I am currently in istanbul, Turkey and as of today YouTube is still blocked. A court complaint of a single video clip (out of presumably millions of video files) results with the blocking of the…
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FSC Analysis of the Williams Supreme Court Decision
Free Speech Coalitions: “Williams Case Analysis Canoga Park, CA –Today, the Free Speech Coalition released an analysis of the May 19th opinion, issued by the United States Supreme Court, in United States v. Michael Williams,…
Former US Prosecutor: ISP Content Filtering Might be a ‘Five-Year Felony’
Former Prosecutor: ISP Content Filtering Might be a ‘Five-Year Felony’: “Broadband providers who snoop on customer traffic to deliver custom ads or shut down BitTorrent traffic may be violating the federal Wiretap Act, a law…
RIM allows Indian government to monitor Blackberry network
Engadget 22/05/2008 20:28 Well, it took longer than 15 days to reach a resolution, but apparently RIM is going to back down and allow the Indian government to monitor the Blackberry network in that country….
The case for censoring hate
The case for censoring hate: Mark Freiman, an expert on Canadian hate-speech law, defends Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, National Post Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 In 2002, Canada’s legal system finally…
Facebook battles Google over access to user data
Facebook battles Google over access to user data: “Facebook has suspended the use of a Google service which allowed people to export their Facebook friends list to other websites, claiming that the Google service violates…
EFA decries money wasted on Internet Filtering
Electronic Frontiers Australia decries money wasted on Internet Filtering: Thu 15-May-2008 See also http://nocleanfeed.com/ Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today expressed its disappointment at the Federal Government’s decision to fund its mandatory ‘clean-feed’ Internet in the…
MySpace suicide case based on breach of terms and conditions
MySpace suicide case based on breach of terms and conditions: “A US woman has been found guilty of perpetrating an online hoax because she violated MySpace’s terms and conditions, potentially setting a precedent that a…
China dissident held ‘for criticising quake response’
China dissident held ‘for criticising quake response’ Jonathan Watts in Beijing, The Guardian, Wednesday May 21 2008 Chinese police have detained a political dissident because of remarks he made about the government’s handling of the…
BBFC Launches Download Classification Scheme
May 21st 2008: BBFC Launches Download Classification Scheme in Partnership with the Home Entertainment Industry The BBFC’s widely recognised and trusted classification system is moving to the world of downloadable films, programmes and video games….