Germany approves strengthened child abuse law: “ ‘Stop’ screen to harass seekers of verboten images The German Cabinet has approved a law to strengthen the existing ban on child sex abuse images.… “ (Via The…
(Via TorrentFreak.) Rapidshare Shares Uploader Info with Rights Holders Like many new releases, Metallica’s latest album ‘Death Magnetic’ was uploaded to the popular file hosting service Rapidshare one day prior to its official release date…
AFP: Germany bids to block child porn sites 17 April, 2009 BERLIN (AFP) — The German government has signed agreements with key Internet service providers to block access to child porn sites, family affairs minister…
Germany not a hard-line censor after all: “ Wikileaks.de suffers chronic lack of teutonic efficiency Rumours of state censorship in Germany may turn out to have been just a little exaggerated. However, plans for putting…
Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » Germany Opts For ISP Filtering Of Child Pornography; NGOs Warn Of Unintended Impact 30 March 2009 By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch @ 7:58 pm Several German…
Western internet censorship: The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? – Wikileaks From Wikileaks, March 29, 2009 EDITORIAL (WikiLeaks) We’re arresting you for speeding. What’s the speed limit, officer? The speed…
Germany deletes WikiLeaks.de domain after raid – Wikileaks From Wikileaks, April 9, 2009 GMT Mon Apr 13 19:27:10 2009 GMT Update According to claims of German registration authority DENIC, the Wikileaks.de domain has been sent…
German Cops Raid Home of Wikileaks and Tor Volunteer – Update | Threat Level from Wired.com By Ryan Singel EmailMarch 25, 2009 | 2:04:12 PM Eleven German police officers raided the homes of Wikileaks amicus…
German Government Wants to Start ISP-Based Censoring 16 January, 2009 Germany will start to hand out blacklists to internet providers, several German news sources, like Spiegel, report (Google translation available here). This move is proclaimed…
Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben vows to fight German charge | The Australian The Australian, Pia Akerman | January 24, 2009 REVISIONIST commentator Fredrick Toben will fight charges of Holocaust denial in Germany within weeks of…