Wikipedia latest to reject Phorm ‘snooping’ technology: “Wikipedia has joined Amazon.com in opting out of Phorm’s controversial targeted advertising technology.” (Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)
Participants of the conference Safer Internet for Children adopted the Prague Declaration – Ministry of the interior of the Czech Republic The Czech Ministry of Interior in cooperation with the European Commission, organized a ministerial…
Under-caution spam faxer fined over £6,000: “ Debt firm fax up A man who sent hundreds of spam faxes while under caution from privacy regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) faces more than £6,000 in…
Spy chiefs size up net snoop gear: “ Deep packet inspection bonanza The security minister has confirmed officials are considering installing technology that could enable on-demand wiretapping of all communications passing over the internet by…
Iran Porn Site Owners Face Death Penalty: “Iranian operators of pornographic and anti-Islamic websites deserve to face the death penalty, a special prosecutor said in a newspaper report on Tuesday.” (Via XBIZ.com | News &…
Major German online companies agree to block child porn websites | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 17.04.2009 German internet providers have grudgingly agreed to block websites containing child pornography. Critics say their deal with the…
AFP: Germany bids to block child porn sites 17 April, 2009 BERLIN (AFP) — The German government has signed agreements with key Internet service providers to block access to child porn sites, family affairs minister…
ADD moves to ban Google sites for defaming Atatürk 13 April 2009, Monday, TODAY’S ZAMAN WITH WIRES, İSTANBUL The Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD) has moved to block access to Google Sites due to content it…
Amazon Says Error Removed Listings: “A computer error that caused thousands of books on Amazon.com to lose their sales rankings led to cries of censorship from some critics. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Whitehall’s got Phorm In light of criticism from the EU, will the UK government enact a new law on internet privacy or simply brazen it out once again? Nothing is going well for the Phorm…