ISPs: We’re limiting our own Usenet groups, not blocking others: An announcement this week by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that three Internet service providers would ‘block’ sources of child porn has caused…
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES UNPRECEDENTED DEAL WITH NATION’S LARGEST INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BLOCK MAJOR SOURCES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY For Immediate Release: New York City Press Office / 212-416-8060 Albany Press Office / 518-473-5525 nyag.pressoffice@oag.state.ny.us…
Communications Decency Act Tipping Under Cuomo Kid-Porn Accord: Sprint, Verizon and Time Warner are agreeing with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to block and filter kiddie porn. Perhaps it’s a salvo to head off…
Former Prosecutor: ISP Content Filtering Might be a ‘Five Year Felony’: By Ryan Singe, May 22, 2008 Internet service providers that monitor their networks for copyright infringement or bandwidth hogs may be committing felonies by…
Here is another review article this time from a UK perspective. New York talks net giants into child pornography crackdown: Time Warner torches newsgroups After discussions with the New York Attorney General’s office, three big-name…
Following on from yesterday’s announcement here is a review article. N.Y. attorney general forces ISPs to curb Usenet access: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that Verizon Communications, Time Warner Cable, and…
Basically they call for more controls, blocking, and censorship. House of Commons Hansard Debates for 04 Jun 2008 (pt 0023): “4 Jun 2008 : Column 893 Internet Regulation Motion made, and Question proposed, That this…
Senator targets YouTube, but law (section 230, CDA) not on his side | Tech news blog – CNET News.com Sen. Joe Lieberman wants YouTube and its rivals to delete any videos produced by al-Qaida, other…
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…
Wikipedia goes to court to defend defamation immunity: “Wikipedia, the free, user-generated online encyclopedia, faces a court battle to protect itself from liability for everything that users post on the site. The company behind the…