How the government uses dirty data to legislate morality: “ So what’s a standard deviation? When it comes to sex and censorship, Government’s insistence that laws are ‘evidence-based’ is little more than hot air.… “…
Brussels to sue UK over Phorm failures: “ ICO and Phorm respond Updated The European Commission has revealed plans to sue the UK government over its failure to take any action against BT and Phorm…
Britain in the dock over secret tracking of internet accounts: “Fears that Britain is slipping into a surveillance society have been heightened by Brussels initiating legal action after declaring that UK laws guaranteeing data protection…
UK’s privacy laws illegally inadequate, says Europe: “UK laws protecting the privacy of people’s communications are inadequate, the European Commission has said. The Commission has launched a legal case against the UK over its implementation…
In Britain, Web Leaves Courts Playing Catch-Up – Wikileaks From Wikileaks, March 29, 2009 By Noam Cohen (New York Times)[1] On March 17, hours after publishing leaked documents on its Web site showing the lengths…
Playboy TV offers ‘Jacq off’ special package: “ Home Office says adult movies were ‘vanilla’ flavoured Comment The ultimate demotion of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, from grim-faced scourge of individual liberty to national joke, came…
UK.gov to get power to force ISPs to block child porn: “ IWF refuseniks under pressure The European Union wants new laws that would grant national governments the power to force ISPs to block child…
Tories fear legal dodge over comms überdatabase: “ Euro data law comes into force on Monday Laws mandating a massive central database of email, web browsing, telephone and social networking data may already have been…
freedomhouse.org: Freedom on the Net: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media March 30, 2009 As internet and mobile phone use explodes worldwide, governments are adopting new and multiple means for controlling these technologies…
Worm strikes Commons computer network Parliamentary computers have been infected by the Conficker worm, like an estimated 10m PCs worldwide – and experts fear next week will see problems worsen The House of Commons internal…