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blocking and filtering, censorship, China 6 August, 2008

German Olympic Chief under Fire: Politicians Allege Official ‘Trivialized’ Chinese Internet Censorship

German Olympic Chief under Fire: Politicians Allege Official ‘Trivialized’ Chinese Internet Censorship: “The chief of the German Olympic Committee has come under fire for comments critics say trivialize China’s move last week to block journalists’…


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Data Protection, Privacy, Security, USA 6 August, 2008

US Charge 11 in Breaches at TJ Maxx, OfficeMax, DSW, Others

Feds Charge 11 in Breaches at TJ Maxx, OfficeMax, DSW, Others: A Secret Service investigation wraps up every major retail network breach in the last five years. See further US charges 11 in biggest ID…


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China, Code of Conduct, USA 5 August, 2008

Internet firms agree to ‘code of conduct’ in China

Internet firms agree to ‘code of conduct’ in China: “ Just days before the Olympic torch will reach Beijing, Internet leaders Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft say they are close to an agreement on a code…


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China, Civil Liberties, Code of Conduct, USA 5 August, 2008

US Senator Durbin Says Internet Giants Close to Agreement on Code of Conduct  (8-4-2008)

Durbin Says Internet Giants Close to Agreement on Code of Conduct  (8-4-2008) Monday, August 4, 2008 [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that a number of the largest American internet companies,…


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Australia, blocking and filtering, Child Protection, Content Regulation 5 August, 2008

New Filter Test by Australian Government Shows Filter Effectiveness

AU – New Filter Test by Australian Government Shows Filter Effectiveness: “(Filtering Facts) The Australian Communications and Media Authority released a report on Closed environment testing of ISP-level internet content filtering.  This report presents the…


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blocking and filtering, censorship, Copyright, Piracy, Turkey 5 August, 2008

Dailymotion becomes second leading video site to be blocked in Turkey

I have reason to believe that access to Dailymotion is blocked in Turkey because of an intellectual property infringement (distribution of pirated content) subject to Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works, supplemental article…


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Data Protection, Database Nation, Phorm, Privacy, USA 4 August, 2008

Congress quizzes world+dog over data pimping

Congress quizzes world+dog over data pimping: “ Phorm letter US Congressman Ed Markey and his anti-data-pimping brigade are back on the warpath.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)


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Access, Broadband, P2P file sharing 4 August, 2008

New ‘Switzerland’ Software Exposes Bandwidth-Throttling ISPs

Users should check this in the UK too even though it is no secret that major ISPs throttle their network….. New ‘Switzerland’ Software Exposes Bandwidth-Throttling ISPs: “Net neutrality advocate group Electronic Frontier Foundation releases a…


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blocking and filtering, censorship, Child Protection, Paranoia, Parliament, UK 4 August, 2008

Web firms should screen content, says Parliamentary committee

Web firms should screen content, says Parliamentary committee: “Websites which accept user-generated content should do more to screen out content that might be harmful to the public, a Parliamentary committee has warned. Sites should also…


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Downloading, P2P file sharing, Piracy 4 August, 2008

Illegal downloading ‘here to stay’

Illegal downloading ‘here to stay’: “New study claims downloading through P2P and torrent sites is ‘entrenched’” (Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk.)


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