YouTube's new tool for kid-safe viewing: (Net Family News) More than 33 billion online videos were watched during December and about a third of the them were on YouTube, according to comScore’s latest figures. A…
Google shuts down music blogs without warning: (BBC) Bloggers told they have violated terms without further explanation, as years of archives are wiped off the internet. In what critics are calling ‘musicblogocide 2010’, Google has…
AU – Google and Yahoo raise doubts over planned net filters: “(BBC) Google and Yahoo have joined two Australian organisations calling for a ‘rethink’ of the country’s controversial internet filter plans. The Australian government has…
DE – New Internet Legislation Embarrasses German Government: “(Der Spiegel) A new bill to fight child pornography has been signed into law by Germany’s president. There’s only one problem: The government has decided it no…
CN – China introduces tougher measures to combat providers of online porn: (Xinhua) The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has pledged fresh measures to fight offensive content transmitted by mobile phones and websites….
Google Alters Buzz to Tackle Privacy Flaws: (New York Times) Google moved quickly to contain a firestorm of criticism over Buzz, its new social network, taking the unusual step of announcing changes to the product…
Teenager admits incitement to racial hatred over YouTube videos CPS, 17/02/2010 A 17-year-old youth has pleaded guilty to two charges of inciting racial hatred after he posted hate-filled videos on YouTube in what the Crown…
Google forced into Buzz revamp over privacy row: “Google has been forced into a hasty revamp of Buzz, its new social networking service, after users claimed that it breached their privacy.“ (Via Tech and Web…
(Via TorrentFreak.) Three Arrested As Police Swoop on Rapidshare Link Forum: “ With 30,000 members Filmowisko was a prominent file-sharing forum. The site didn’t host any illicit material, but like many of its type, linked…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Illicit File-Sharing and Streaming of TV Shows Increases: “ Following the introduction of Sweden’s IPRED anti-piracy legislation on April 1st last year, the country saw…