Digital Economy Bill passed by House of Commons: “The Digital Economy Bill has been passed by the House of Commons and will become law before the general election. The Bill was passed amidst criticisms from…
High Court ruling serves as a warning against any moderation of user comments: “A blog owner can avoid liability for user-generated content that appears on his site without being checked or moderated, the High Court…
FOXNews.com – Terrorists Targeting Children Via Facebook, Twitter Updated March 15, 2010 Terrorists Targeting Children Via Facebook, Twitter FOXNews.com The Internet grew 20 percent uglier last year, with terrorists and racists increasingly turning to social…
US, EU to launch programme against Internet child pornography – The Independent AFP, Sunday, 11 April 2010 The United States and the European Union announced they plan to launch a joint action programme to fight…
Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretaps Were Illegal – NYTimes.com By CHARLIE SAVAGE and JAMES RISEN Published: March 31, 2010 WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without…
UK – Indexing company liable for users infringement, says High Court (OUT-LAW News) A company which indexes and sorts postings to Usenet groups is liable for the copyright infringement of its users when they download…
Directorate of Communication – Cybercrime lawmakers call for worldwide implementation of the Budapest Convention Press release – 254(2010) Cybercrime lawmakers call for worldwide implementation of the Budapest Convention Strasbourg, 25.03.2010 – At its 5th annual…
Google booted from China’s number two carrier: “ ‘We work with any company that obeys the law’ China’s second largest wireless carrier – China Unicom – has said it will remove Google’s search service from…
Google, Yahoo Object to Australia’s Plan for Internet Filtering – WSJ By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, 23.03.2010 Google and other tech giants are making waves today over Internet censorship in a place people might not expect —…
Internet race hate pair petition Supreme Court – Peterborough Today Published on Wed Mar 24 13:55:27 GMT 2010 A Lancashire man who became the first to be convicted of inciting racial hatred online is to…