CA – Ontario adds Internet safety to elementary curriculum (The Canadian Press) Ontario is changing the school curriculum to include Internet safety lessons. The Liberal government has approved changes to the health and physical education…
Net filters to hit social networks March 1, 2010 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he would consider introducing an internet ombudsman after Facebook tributes to two dead children were defaced with pornography. Rudd said he…
The Free Speech Blog: Official blog of Index on Censorship » Google convictions: Who should police the internet? 26 February 2010 – by Joe McNamee The Italian court’s decision in the Google/Vividown case is as…
Stephen Conroy’s Internet Filter Opposed by MPs Opposition grows to internet filter ARI SHARP COMMUNICATIONS CORRESPONDENT February 25, 2010 Senator Conroy has won the backing of cabinet and is awaiting debate about the internet filtering…
Serious threat to the web in Italy: “Posted by Matt Sucherman, VP and Deputy General Counsel – Europe, Middle East and Africa (cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) In late 2006, students at a school…
Google Video and Italy: Is there nothing we won’t watch? – Telegraph: Google Video and Italy: Is there nothing we won’t watch? Following Google’s conviction in Italy, Robert Colvile suggests that internet users hold the…
Does Italy’s Google Conviction Portend More Censorship? | Threat Level | Wired.com: “Does Italy’s Google Conviction Portend More Censorship? By Ryan Singel, February 24, 2010 googleitaliaOnline rights activists are divided Wednesday over an Italian court’s…
Leading article: Not the way to police the web’s Wild West – Leading Articles, Opinion – The Independent: “Leading article: Not the way to police the web’s Wild West Thursday, 25 February 2010 In some…
Google guilty of privacy crime in web test case – Europe, World – The Independent: “Google guilty of privacy crime in web test case Three executives convicted in Italy after school bullying video was uploaded…
Italy’s harmful conviction of Google – Los Angeles Times: “Editorial February 24, 2010 In September 2006, four students at a school in Turin, Italy, beat and humiliated an autistic classmate. A fifth student captured the…