Private firm may track all email and calls
Private firm may track all email and calls The private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone’s calls, emails, texts and internet use under a…
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Frank Fisher: Freedom of speech on the internet should be protected
Frank Fisher: Freedom of speech on the internet should be protected Out of context, it would be easy to dismiss culture secretary Andy Burnham’s attack on the ‘dangerous’ internet as just another junior minister grabbing…
UK Website age ratings ‘an option’
They must be joking but it is not even April yet! Rating is unworkable and and is an impossible task, the Culture Secretary is almost 10 years behind the “Internet content regulation debate”…. Website age…
Which? magazine files complaint against bullying Davenport Lyons
Which? magazine files complaint against bullying Davenport Lyons Consumer magazine Which? has complained to the solicitors’ watchdog about a London law firm that sent bullying letters to hundreds of innocent consumers. Read the full story…
Home Office to review UK’s surveillance powers
Home Office to review UK’s surveillance powers: “The UK is not a surveillance society as some have claimed, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said. Smith conceded, though, that surveillance powers needed to be reviewed to…
Computeractive: Cyber rights groups denounce IWF’s Wikipedia ban
Cyber rights groups denounce IWF’s Wikipedia ban – 17 Dec 2008 – Computeractive Written by Andrea-Marie Vassou, Computeract!ve, 17 Dec 2008. Online rights groups have described the Internet Watch Foundation’s decision to block a page…
Virgin Media to Throttle BitTorrent Users
Virgin Media to dump neutrality and target BitTorrent users: It’s deep packet inspection, but it’s not for Phorm… Exclusive The UK’s second largest ISP, Virgin Media, will next year introduce network monitoring technology to specifically…
UK TV/Film Stars Urge ISPs to Stop Piracy
Post from: TorrentFreak UK TV/Film Stars Urge ISPs to Stop Piracy: “ The UK is a major player in the TV and film industry. While only a few films are made in the UK, British…
BBC Relies on ‘Pirate’ Audio To Bring Back Lost TV Show
Post from: TorrentFreak BBC Relies on ‘Pirate’ Audio To Bring Back Lost TV Show In these Internet and file-sharing times, it seems unthinkable that we could ever be in the position of any media becoming…
The Observer: Wikipedia censorship highlights a lingering sting in the tail
The Observer: Wikipedia censorship highlights a lingering sting in the tail John Naughton, The Observer, Sunday 14 December 2008 ‘Scorpions’, says Wikipedia, ‘are eight-legged venomous arachnids. They have a long body with an extended tail…