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The Pirate Bay moves to counter Swedish wiretapping law
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| The Pirate Bay is adding encryption to its Web site in order to counter a new
| Swedish law that allows wiretapping of Internet and phone traffic.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=106350441&rid=-50
Yes, because Sweden has so much '!Terrorism!' that it needs to eavesdrop on
everwhere for 'safety'.
Related:
Finland censors anti-censorship site
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| Among the estimated 1,700 destinations on the secret block list is
| lapsiporno.info, which has vocally criticized the Finnish censorship program,
| according to Matti Nikki, the site's creator and a long-time activist.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/18/finnish_policy_censor_activist/
UK ISPs To Start Tracking Your Surfing To Serve You Ads
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| While Phorm claims that it keeps your data private "by tracking individual
| users with an assigned number only," that's hardly assuring. After all,
| remember that both AOL and Netflix have released similar anonymized data
| where identifying info was replaced with an assigned number... and it didn't
| take long for both sets of data to be de-anonymized. While it's no surprise
| that ISPs would want to get into the advertising business, and to think that
| they could better target ads thanks to their knowledge of your entire surfing
| history, it's going to freak some people out (and potentially cause some
| serious privacy problems). All the more reason to figure out how encrypt your
| traffic and hide your activities from your ISP.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20080218/024203278.shtml
Is Microsoft tinkering with Live Search results?
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| Is Microsoft filtering out from its Live Search results those it
| considers “undesirable” for the company?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1127
AT&T admits it censored other bands
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| It looks like Pearl Jam isn't the only band that has had its politically
| charged comments bleeped from concerts streamed from AT&T's Blue Room Web
| site.
|
| [...]
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| AT&T quickly apologized for the incident and blamed the company that handles
| the Webcasting for performances on Blue Room.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9759184-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Thailand shuts down political Web site
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| Thai authorities have shut down a political Web site that spoke out against
| the monarchy, the site's operator said Sunday, in another move to punish
| critics of Thailand's most revered institution.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080106/ap_on_hi_te/thailand_web_site_ban
China cracks down on 'vulgar' video
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| China is launching a nationwide crackdown on sexually suggestive video and
| audio products, in the latest effort by government censors to curb content
| considered to be in bad taste.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080106/ap_on_hi_te/china_video_crackdown
NGO demands details of Saudi blogger's arrest
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| A Saudi human rights group on Saturday demanded the interior ministry explain
| why an Internet blogger who called for political reforms has been imprisoned.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080106/tc_afp/saudimediainternetpolitics
Animal Rights Activists Forced to Hand Over Encryption Keys
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| If you remember, this was sold to the public as essential for fighting
| terrorism. It's already being misused.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/animal_rights_a.html
Aussie Net Filtering Plans Challenged
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| However, the filtering plan appears to involve blacklisting millions of
| websites. A web browser hitting a blacklisted site should immediately hit a
| message saying the site is unavailable, as is common in nations that practice
| censorship.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/01/02/aussie-net-filtering-plans-challenged
Saudi Blogger Still In Government Detention
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| Fouad al-Farhan's criticism of the Saudi government earned him an
| investigation by authorities, followed by his detention for questioning.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/01/02/saudi-blogger-still-in-government-detention
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