Facebook adopts new privacy policy: (CNET) Facebook has decided to adopt a revised privacy policy designed to be more accessible and easier to understand. The site also plans to add visual resources designed to make…
Telephone tapping in Turkey; a measure to intimidate the judiciary?: “ The issue is tapping of telephones and other electronic communications between the citizens of Turkey. The problem reached scandal proportions with revelations that judges,…
The Pirate Bay Trackers Go Offline Forever: “Any other time in The Pirate Bay’s history, news about their centralized tracking servers going offline would be cause for celebration within the entertainment industry. Today, the crew…
IR – Iran moves to silence opposition with internet crime unit: “(Guardian) Iran has moved to block the last remaining outlet of expression for the country’s political opposition with the launch of a special force…
New Internet Treaty Alarms Online Freedom Advocates: “The text of a new anti-counterfeiting treaty being considered by the Obama administration has alarmed digital freedom advocates, but it might satisfy anyone who hates tube sites.” (Via…
WTO May Challenge Internet Censorship: “Reuters is reporting that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is set to release a study claiming that censorship of the Internet is open to challenge by the global regulatory body…
Judge Orders BearTrapping.com to Reveal Subscriber IP Addresses: “A federal judge has ordered the operator of BearTrapping.com to reveal IP addresses of subscribers who may have had a part in the file sharing of 40…
CN – China's Censorship 2.0: How companies censor bloggers: (First Monday) by Rebecca MacKinnon. This study explores an under-studied layer of Chinese Internet censorship: how Chinese Internet companies censor user-generated content, usually by deleting it…
Terrorism chiefs don’t know what they’ve censored online: “ You jolly well wanted records? Oh Police are shutting websites without keeping any records, hampering government efforts to address online extremism, it’s been revealed.… “ (Via…
Swiss roll Street View into court: “ Data protection supremo’s patience runs out Switzerland’s head of federal data protection has announced that he’s taking Google to court after the search monolith refused to comply with…