AFP: Outrage in Italy over anti-Down Syndrome website (AFP) –22 February, 2010 ROME — Politicians and Internet activists in Italy have denounced a page on the social networking site Facebook that calls for children with…
Italy Convicts Google Execs for Down Syndrome Video By Reuters, February 24, 2010 MILAN (Reuters) — A Milan court convicted three Google executives on Wednesday for violating the privacy of an Italian boy with Down…
EU – Implementation of the Safer Social Networking Principles: (Europa) On 9 February 2010, Safer Internet Day, the European Commission has presented the findings of an independent assessment of the implementation of the Safer Social…
YouTube's new tool for kid-safe viewing: (Net Family News) More than 33 billion online videos were watched during December and about a third of the them were on YouTube, according to comScore’s latest figures. A…
French Parliament approves Net censorship | La Quadrature du Net French Parliament approves Net censorship Submitted on 11 February 2010 Paris, February 11th, 2010 – During the debate over the French security bill (LOPPSI), the…
CA – Web Filters Cause Name Change for a Magazine: (New York Times) In 1920 the Hudson’s Bay Company, which owed much of its early fortune to the trade in beaver pelts, began publishing a…
Sexual offenders are using the internet to fast-track abuse: “(Daily Telegraph) Sexual offenders are using the internet to fast-track abuse, according to new research. Previous studies into child sexual abuse had shown that offenders spent…
UK – Internet safety for children targeted: “(BBC) Lessons in using the internet safely are set to become a compulsory part of the curriculum for primary schoolchildren in England from 2011. The lessons are one…
CA – Government Introduces Mandatory Child Porn Reporting Law: “(Micheal geist) The Justice Minister has tabled the Child Protection Act (Online Sexual Exploitation). Bill C-58 creates a mandatory disclosure requirement on Internet providers where they…
Facebook battles attack by child protection chief: “ Gamble unfriends social networks Facebook has defended itself against criticism from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) that it has refused to join a reporting…