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Google.cn No Longer Filtered?
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| Though Google is denying anything about its
| processes have changed, MSNBC.com reported
| Tuesday that searches on subjects that had
| been blocked as objectionable are yielding
| results. For example, searches on "Tiananmen
| Square massacre," "Xinijang independence,"
| and "Tibet Information Network" all returned
| results. They would not have returned results
| before.
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/googlecn-no-longer-filtered/?cs=40082
Australia on internet watchlist with Iran, North Korea
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| Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has
| said he plans to introduce legislation by the
| end of next week that would require ISPs to
| block a blacklist of "refused classification"
| websites for all Australians.
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http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/australia-on-internet-watchlist-with-iran-north-korea-20100312-q23p.html
Social media privacy: Insurance companies want access to your Facebook
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| Any town U.S.A. You walk into a store and
| notice someone you recognize, from Facebook.
| But you really donât know the individual;
| only online have you âmetâ that person. You
| have shared a note, or played a game on
| Facebook, Myspace, or other media website.
| You can choose to say hello or ignore them.
| That choice is up to you.
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http://government.zdnet.com/?p=7442
Eleventh Circuit Decision Largely Eliminates Fourth Amendment Protection in E-Mail
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| Last Thursday, the Eleventh Circuit handed
| down a Fourth Amendment case, Rehberg v.
| Paulk, that takes a very narrow view of how
| the Fourth Amendment applies to e-mail. The
| Eleventh Circuit held that constitutional
| protection in stored copies of e-mail held by
| third parties disappears as soon as any copy
| of the communication is delivered. Under
| this new decision, if the government wants
| get your e-mails, the Fourth Amendment lets
| the government go to your ISP, wait the
| seconds it normally takes for the e-mail to
| be delivered, and then run off copies of your
| messages.
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http://volokh.com/2010/03/15/eleventh-circuit-decision-largely-eliminates-fourth-amendment-protection-in-e-mail/
Wikileaks leaks classified intelligence report about itself
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| Wikileaks, a website that aims to boost
| government transparency and accountability by
| publishing sensitive documents, has released
| a classified military counterintelligence
| analysis report that discusses the "threat
| posed to the US Army" by Wikileaks itself.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/wikileaks-leaks-classified-intelligence-report-about-itself.ars
Apparently, Citizens United doesn't believe in free speech for the anti-corporate side
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| Citizens United, fresh from its Supreme Court
| victory giving corporations the right to
| bankroll election campaigns, has sent a
| trademark demand letter to the Wisconsin
| Democracy Campaign, complaining that a
| Facebook page entitled "Citizens United
| Against Citizens United" infringes its
| trademark. Apparently, Citizens United is
| worried that members of the public might come
| to the page and think that the organization
| "Citizens United" is attacking Citizens
| United, the landmark Supreme Court decision
| that it won.
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http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2010/03/apparently-citizens-united-doesnt-believe-in-free-speech-for-the-anticorporate-side.html
Queens accountant sues Craiglist for allowing poster to insult him
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| An angry Queens accountant has done the math:
| Craigslist plus an insult equals $1 million.
|
| Leo Kehoe, 43, is suing the online bulletin
| board for allowing someone to call him a
| nasty name.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/16/2010-03-16_queens_accountant_sues_craiglist_for_allowing_poster_to_insult_him.html
Reporting On Someone Claiming An Opponent 'Lies' In A Heated Debate Is Not Libel
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| Reporter Amy Wallace wrote an article late
| last year for Wired Magazine about the
| extremely heated and somewhat controversial
| debate over child vaccinations. In the course
| of the article, she quotes people from both
| sides. At one point, when one of the main
| doctors who supports vaccinations discusses
| the woman who has become the face (and voice)
| of the anti-vaccination crew, he responds to
| some of her claims by noting "she lies."
| Apparently, those two words resulted in her
| filing a defamation lawsuit against the
| doctor and the reporter, Amy Wallace.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100312/0245198534.shtml
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