Free Speech
- Senator Wyden Puts Hold On Intelligence Authorization Act Over Free Speech Concerns
- For the first time ever, Twitter censored a controversial account run by neo-Nazis--The slipping continues.
- NYT tries to shoot down Twitter critic who tweaked its T logo--Squealching parody.
- Thailand: Netizens warned against 'liking' photo
- Two arrested in India for Facebook comment--"The pair were due to appear in court on Monday 'charged for hurting religious sentiments.'"
- Philippines: Militants slam arrest for 'libelous' Facebook post--"Youth group Anakbayan lambasted the arrest of an anti-mining activist in Cagayan province... over an allegedly libelous statement on Facebook amid the halted Cybercrime Prevention Law."
- Rowan Atkinson: we must be allowed to insult each other--"Rowan Atkinson has launched a campaign for a change in the law that bans 'insulting words and behaviour.'"
- Sticks and stones! Push to reform notorious UK 'insult' law gains momentum
- Britain's High-Tech Thought Police--"British authorities target bloggers, tweeters, and t-shirt wearers for speech crimes."
- Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill--I thought they were looking into increasing e-mail privacy in the wake of the Petreus scandal.
- Canada: Supreme Court rules employees have right to privacy on work computers--"The court said an individual's Internet browsing history alone is capable of exposing his or her most intimate likes, dislikes, activities and thoughts."
- You're Not Paranoid, That Department Store Mannequin Really Is Watching You
- How to Commit Internet Suicide and Disappear from the Web Forever
- Why big data could sink Europe's 'right to be forgotten'
- Zuckerberg: In 10 years, folks will share 1,000 times what they do now
- Online Analytics Firm Settles Suit Over Unstoppable User Tracking
- Australia: Backdown on internet filter plan
- Influential GOP group releases, pulls shockingly sensible copyright memo--Big Content no likey.
- TorrentFreak Trolls a Copyright Troll--Site turns law firm's scare tactics into educational opportunity.
- Congresswoman Crowdsourcing Domain-Seizure Bill on Reddit
- Germany: Parents off the hook for kids' illegal downloads
- iOS apps hijack Twitter accounts, post false "confessions" of piracy
- Two sentenced to prison for online copyright infringement--"According to court documents, Lambert and Lovelady went to theaters and recorded the audio of the films."
- New Zealand: Accused student prevails in first "three strikes" copyright case
- 'Six Strikes' programs from ISPs & MPAA: Here’s what you need to know
- Megaupload Is Dead. Long Live Mega!
- Megaupload Assisted U.S. Prosecution of Smaller File-Sharing Service
- Obama discusses fate of Megaupload's Kim Dotcom with New Zealand prime minister
- Google's Internet Service Might Actually Bring the U.S. Up to Speed
- AT&T bandwidth cap controversy: refuses to explain bandwidth meters
- Verizon called hypocritical for equating net neutrality to censorship
- Upper Darby T-Mobile customer stabbed while disputing bill
- Frenchwoman receives phone bill for 11,721,000,000,000,000 euros--At first the company "told her they could not amend the computer-generated statement or stop the balance from being debited from her bank account," which was "nearly 6000 times the country's annual economic output."
- Cell phone "bill shock" nearly eradicated, FCC declares
