Post from: TorrentFreak TorrentSpy to Appeal in MPAA Court Case For years, TorrentSpy has been a well known player in the BitTorrent community. In 2006 the site attracted more visitors than any other BitTorrent site,…
Post from: TorrentFreak Danish ISPs to Fight the Pirate Bay Block In a court case initiated by the IFPI, a Danish judge ruled last year that Tele2 had to block its users from accessing The…
Can the all-seeing, all-knowing Google be trusted to rule the world?: “It has been a busy week for Google.” (Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)
New Zealand bolts net filtering regime into place: “ Shows Oz – and us – how it’s done If you thought that net filtering and grandiose firewalls were the exclusive preserve of West Island (or…
Commissioner pours scorn on internet freedom law: “ US Bill stuck in mud, European copycat trundles on New EU laws to protect freedom on the internet and force ISPs to stand up to authoritarian regimes…
Lords say surveillance society erodes foundations of UK: “ Shift in character of life comes under fire The House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned that increasing use of surveillance by the government and private…
Thai group encourages use of VPNs to bypass state censorship | Betanews by Tim Conneally, February 5, 2009, 2:52 PM Thailand map (square)In light of the Thai government’s strict censorship rules, anti-censorship group Freedom Against…
Websites for children must register their moderators, says new law: “Organisations with interactive websites likely to be used mainly by children must ensure that staff moderating the sites are not barred from working with children…
Sexual abuse of children: MEPs want to criminalise “grooming” on the Internet (Plenary sessions) Justice and home affairs – 03-02-2009 – 13:26 ‘Grooming’ and paedophile chat rooms on the Internet should be criminalised, sex crimes…
Texts adopted – Tuesday, 3 February 2009 – Combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography – P6_TA-PROV(2009)0040 European Parliament recommendation of 3 February 2009 to the Council on combating the sexual exploitation of…