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China Imposes New Internet Controls
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| Chinaâs government censors have taken fresh
| aim at the Internet, rolling out new
| measures that limit its citizensâ ability
| to set up personal Web sites and to view
| hundreds of Web sites offering films, video
| games and other forms of entertainment.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18china.html?_r=3&ref=world
Point Out A Potential Photoshopping Of A Demi Moore Picture,
And She Has Her Lawyers Send Out The Nastygrams
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| Apparently Demi Moore and her lawyers
| missed that whole story. Back in November
| some folks noticed what appeared to be a
| photoshopping of Demi Moore's left hip on
| the cover of W magazine. There was some
| debate over it, but either way, people
| moved on and it was forgotten. Not so fast!
| While there was some discussion about it --
| and Moore herself chimed in on Twitter to
| claim that the photo was not altered --
| she's now had her lawyers threaten at least
| two publications over the original story.
| Their claim is that the posts are
| defamatory. Even if there was no retouching
| of the photo, it's hard to see what is
| possibly "defamatory" in the story. Digital
| retouching happens all the time, and
| claiming that a photo was retouched, if
| anything, would implicate the photographers
| or graphic artists at W, not Moore. There's
| simply nothing even close to defamatory in
| regards to Moore herself.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091221/1701497452.shtml
Ferry giant refuses ID card
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| Norman Eastwood, from Salford, and his wife
| Jeanette had booked a passage from Hull
| with P&O Ferries on Saturday. The ID card,
| which has been offered on a voluntary basis
| to the public in Greater Manchester as part
| of a limited trial since last month, is
| meant to allow travel across Europe as an
| alternative to a passport.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/22/id_card_ferry_cock_up/
Recent:
Chinese proposal to meter internet traffic
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| China wants to meter all internet traffic
| that passes through its borders, it has
| emerged.
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| The move would require international
| agreement - but it is being discussed by the
| United Nations body in charge of internet
| standards.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8417680.stm
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