Video websites ‘must vet content’
Video websites ‘must vet content’: “Online firms including YouTube need to do more to protect children from the ‘dark side’ of the internet, MPs have said.” (Via BBC News.)
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Beijing unblocks BBC Chinese site
Beijing unblocks BBC Chinese site: “Chinese authorities appear to have unblocked the BBC’s Chinese language website, amid a row over internet censorship.” (Via BBC News.)
China lifts more internet curbs
China lifts more internet curbs: “China unblocks more websites in a bid to end a row over internet access for Olympic journalists, a week before the Games open.” (Via BBC News.)
China Eases Internet Restrictions for Journalists
China Eases Internet Restrictions for Journalists: “The Chinese authorities, bowing to criticism, lifted some of the restrictions, but other politically sensitive sites remained inaccessible. (Via NYT > Technology.)
MPs report back from internet’s dark side
MPs report back from internet’s dark side: “ Country going to hell on YouTube MPs have called on the government to install a YouTube Czar to oversee user-generated content sites and better labels for video…
UK Politicians Demand YouTube Vet Content To ‘Protect The Children’
(Via Techdirt.) UK Politicians Demand YouTube Vet Content To ‘Protect The Children’: “Various safe harbors for service providers that protect them from the actions of their users make a lot of common sense. It’s simply…
China lifts internet firewall in time for Olympics
China lifts internet firewall in time for Olympics: “China has opened crevices in the Great Firewall that blocks access to many internet sites, allowing the public to see some quarters of cyberspace that it has…
Google to face charges over Down syndrome video
Google to face charges over Down syndrome video: “Google is to face criminal charges in Italy over a video which appeared on one of its sites showing a disabled teenager being taunted by his peers.”…
US Court Upholds Ruling on Internet Content Law
Court Upholds Ruling on Internet Content Law: “A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the…
Net Censorship Law Struck Down Again
Net Censorship Law Struck Down Again: “A federal appeals court struck down yet again a law that would have required websites to verify all visitors’ ages if any of its content wasn’t suitable for minors….