Digital Britain: A tax, a quango and ISP snooping
Digital Britain: A tax, a quango and ISP snooping: “ All in a day’s work for the modern bureaucrat Digital Britain Did anyone expect more from Stephen Carter CBE? The former Ofcom boss and No.10…
Digital Britain: The Interim Report – Government outlines plans for UK’s digital transition
Digital Britain: The Interim Report – Government outlines plans for UK’s digital transition 014/09, 29 January 2009 Joint DCMS/BERR press release The Government has today published a plan to secure Britain’s place at the forefront…
Privacy-protecting search engine ignores IP addresses
Privacy-protecting search engine ignores IP addresses: “A Dutch search engine has become the first to operate without recording the address of the computer used to make the search. Ixquick said it had taken the move…
Carter pledges file sharing snoop laws
Carter pledges file sharing snoop laws: “ And broadband for all Digital Britain Lord Carter’s interim report Digital Britain promises legislation to force ISPs to identify people using file sharing software, more promotion for DAB…
EU – Statement by Vice-President Jacques Barrot on the occasion of Data Protection Day
EU – Statement by Vice-President Jacques Barrot on the occasion of Data Protection Day: “(RAPID) Data protection laws are in place throughout the European Union to ensure that personal data is handled under very clear…
Blogger can’t sue over comment, rules High Court
Blogger can’t sue over comment, rules High Court: “ Didn’t like it, shoulda deleted it A man who was criticised in the comments section of his own blog cannot sue for defamation because he did…
Extreme pron vigilantes are after you
Extreme pron vigilantes are after you: “ Or are they? Just when you thought it was safe to dip your toe back in the waters of internet smut, along comes a bunch of vigilantes who…
‘Lost’ Most Pirated TV-Show on BitTorrent
Post from: TorrentFreak ‘Lost’ Most Pirated TV-Show on BitTorrent Every week we take a look at the most downloaded TV-Shows on BitTorrent. Lost is traditionally one of the most downloaded TV shows. Last year, it…
Google Joins Fight Against BitTorrent Throttling ISPs
Post from: TorrentFreak Google Joins Fight Against BitTorrent Throttling ISPs: “ ISPs have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for years, but only recently has this become a hot topic. In collaboration with New America Foundation’s Open…
Lists of allegedly illegal websites always leak – Finland this time
Metamorphosis – Lists of allegedly illegal websites always leak 27.01.2009. While some European countries block the illegal content (mostly child pornography websites), other are considering implementing a similar measure through a hidden list. However the…