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AIDS Deniers Use Bogus Copyright Claims to Censor
On February 16th, 2014 with 26 comments
Blackmoore writes: "The producers of "House of Numbers" have used a series of...
MIT Students Subpoenaed Over Tidbit
On February 17th, 2014 with 51 comments
mattie_p writes "MIT students won a hackathon last November with a...
Wikipedia Mounts Courtroom Defense for Editor
On February 19th, 2014 with 26 comments
DeathMonkey writes:
"Dimitris Lioudis, a 23-year-old trainee lawyer from...
It's OK To Parody the NSA!
On February 20th, 2014 with 24 comments
Gaaark writes:"The First Amendment has been upheld in the United States!Dan...
Have Terms of Service Become Totalitarian Tools?
On February 24th, 2014 with 84 comments
andrew writes: "Alternet.org reports recent updates to terms of conditions for...
Chicago Pre-Crime - Racism Cloaked in Science
On February 26th, 2014 with 95 comments
Angry Jesus writes:"The Chicago Police Department is mis-applying...
Lessig Sues and Wins against Bogus DMCA Takedown
On February 28th, 2014 with 18 comments
Fluffeh writes:"Lawrence Lessig is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School but...
Lobbying Against Having Google Glass Banned While Driving
On March 2nd, 2014 with 57 comments
Rich26189 writes:"In a somewhat pre-emptive move Google is lobbying against...
RIAA CEO Wants Google to Stop 'Whack-A-Mole'
On March 14th, 2014 with 49 comments
Fluffeh writes:"In a written statement to a House Judiciary Subcommittee...
UK Security Agents Get Censoring Privs at Youtube
On March 14th, 2014 with 14 comments
Angry Jesus writes: "The Irish Times reports that Google has given high level...
NSA Time-Machine for Phone Calls Abroad
On March 21st, 2014 with 31 comments
Fluffeh writes:"National Security Agency documents released this week by The...
Twitter Blocked in Turkey!
On March 21st, 2014 with 30 comments
maratumba writes:"Within the same day as the PM announced his intention to do...
Yahoo! Moves to Dublin to Avoid UK Warrant Powers
On March 21st, 2014 with 9 comments
Anonymous Coward writes:"Yahoo! has moved its data controlling business from...
Canada Spy Agency Planned for Native Protests
On March 24th, 2014 with 6 comments
Appalbarry writes: "The National Post reports that the Canadian Security...
DMCA Takedown Notices Surge 711,887% in Four Years
On March 26th, 2014 with 19 comments
Fluffeh writes:A new paper published in the Virginia Journal of Law and...
Guardian was Threatened with Closure over Snowden
On March 27th, 2014 with 22 comments
einar writes:Irish Times has an article quoting Guardian deputy editor, Paul...
TalkTalk ISP Throttling Imgur Due To IWF List
On April 2nd, 2014 with 10 comments
lhsi writes: UK ISP TalkTalk have been throttling the whole Imgur domain...
Netherlands to Make Unauthorized Downloading of Copyrighted Content Illegal
On April 10th, 2014 with 25 comments
FakeBeldin and xlefay wrote:In the Netherlands, there used to be no such thing...
Open Rights Group: Monitoring Censorship
On April 15th, 2014 with 3 comments
lhsi writes:The UK's Open Rights Group is improving its website censorship...
Reddit Auto-Censors Tech Security Related Language
On April 17th, 2014 with 16 comments
Serial_Priest writes:In the aftermath of the Snowden revelations in mid-2013,...
Fake Mayor Twitter Account Leads to Police Raid
On April 17th, 2014 with 23 comments
EvilSS writes:Police in Peoria, IL raided the home of a 27 year-old resident...
US Supreme Court to Rule on Warrantless Searches
On April 28th, 2014 with 24 comments
AnonTechie writes: The US Supreme Court is to rule on warrant-less searches of...
Tech Companies Push Back on Police Data Requests
On May 2nd, 2014 with 12 comments
Angry Jesus writes: In contrast to the recent story about canadian ISP's...
UK Police Request Delete of Political Tweet
On May 13th, 2014 with 6 comments
Appalbarry writes:As reported in The Guardian, and on the blogger's own site,...
Protect Net Neutrality: Day of Action
On May 13th, 2014 with 8 comments
gewg_ writes:On Thursday, May 15, hundreds will rally outside the Federal...
How Not to Get Sued When Writing Reviews Online
On May 15th, 2014 with 24 comments
AnonTechie writes:From Ars Technica:Imagine you just purchased a shiny new...
Net Politics - The Way it Really is in Office
On May 29th, 2014 with 17 comments
Fluffeh writes:Ever wondered what politics is really like? Wondered how...
BC: Class-Action Lawsuit Against Facebook
On May 31st, 2014 with 5 comments
Appalbarry writes:The Vancouver Sun reports that the BC Supreme court has...
Eben Moglen essay: "Privacy Under Attack"
On June 1st, 2014 with 23 comments
c0lo writes:The Guardian publishes a lengthy but well constructed essay of...
John Oliver Covers Net Neutrality
On June 2nd, 2014 with 9 comments
Angry Jesus writes:This last Sunday night, John Oliver gave us a rare example...
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