Google guilty of privacy crime in web test case – Europe, World – The Independent: “Google guilty of privacy crime in web test case Three executives convicted in Italy after school bullying video was uploaded…
CyberLaw is also publishing a PDF copy of the Microsoft surveillance compliance document which is mentioned in the story below as the public has a right to know about Microsoft’s policy. Visit and support http://cryptome.org/…
Italy’s harmful conviction of Google – Los Angeles Times: “Editorial February 24, 2010 In September 2006, four students at a school in Turin, Italy, beat and humiliated an autistic classmate. A fifth student captured the…
AFP: Outrage in Italy over anti-Down Syndrome website (AFP) –22 February, 2010 ROME — Politicians and Internet activists in Italy have denounced a page on the social networking site Facebook that calls for children with…
Italy Convicts Google Execs for Down Syndrome Video By Reuters, February 24, 2010 MILAN (Reuters) — A Milan court convicted three Google executives on Wednesday for violating the privacy of an Italian boy with Down…
(Via TorrentFreak.) UK Says ‘No’ To Disconnecting File-Sharers, Sort Of: “ In November 2009, details finally became public concerning the UK Digital Economy Bill, which aimed to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report…
Google says sorry and changes Buzz after privacy outcry: “Google has made major changes to the way its new social networking service works after being at the centre of a storm of criticism claiming that…
EU – European Commission calls on social networking companies to improve child safety policies: (RAPID) 50% of European teenagers give out personal information on the web – according to an EU study – which can…
EU – Implementation of the Safer Social Networking Principles: (Europa) On 9 February 2010, Safer Internet Day, the European Commission has presented the findings of an independent assessment of the implementation of the Safer Social…
UK – Facebook takes down 30 prisoners' pages after victim taunts: (Guardian) Thirty Facebook pages have been taken down because prisoners were using them to taunt their victims, Jack Straw, the justice secretary, has revealed….