Good old Scotland introduces its own version of the possession of extreme violent pornography provisions. I noticed this thanks to ever so the brilliant www.melonfarmers.co.uk The below information has been taken from a document that…
Silent calls fine for Barclaycard: “Barclaycard has received the maximum possible fine for the ‘most serious’ case of silent calls ever seen by the regulator.” (Via BBC News.)
Liberal Democrats broke privacy laws with 250,000 calls: “The Liberal Democrats broke anti-spam laws by placing 250,000 automated telephone calls last week without prior consent, according to the UK’s privacy chief. If the party continues…
Creationist Adnan Oktar Manages To Shut Down Another Internet Site: “The court has banned the internet site of the Union of Education and Scientific Workers, which has been taking a stand against the spread of…
American ISP giants: If we Phorm, we’ll get consent: “ ‘No need to legislate’ After months of controversy over ISP-level ad targeting systems from the likes of Phorm and NebuAd, three of America’s four largest…
Post from: TorrentFreak European Parliament Says No to Three-Strikes Law: “ The European Parliament has voted in favor of an amendment that will prevent member states from implementing three-stikes laws. Disconnecting alleged file-sharers based on…
Post from: TorrentFreak Pirate Bay Wins Court Case, Italian Block Lifted: “ The Pirate Bay has successfully appealed the decision of an Italian judge who had ordered ISPs to block access to the popular BitTorrent…
Judge declares mistrial in RIAA filesharing case, sets aside $222,000 verdict: “ Filed under: Misc. Gadgets We always thought that the RIAA’s first-ever filesharing trial victory against Jammie Thomas was a little suspect since the…
Technological thoughtcrime: “Technological thoughtcrime Posted: September 25, 2008: Phil Elmore © 2008 According to an article published last week in Metro.co.uk, the video-sharing site YouTube (owned by the politically left-leaning search engine giant Google) has…
globeandmail.com: Turkish Net closures spark doubt over freedoms: “Turkish Net closures spark doubt over freedoms THOMAS GROVE, Reuters September 24, 2008 at 5:26 PM EDT ISTANBUL — A Turkish court decision to ban the website…