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House votes to block Net porn on government PCs

FAC July 9, 2010

Government computers need to block porn sites, decided the U.S. House of Representatives after a recent vote. -SMD CNET News July 9, 2010 By Declan McCullagh A recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives seemed straightforward enough: government computers must block viewing or downloading porn. After all, a series of news reports have highlighted, in scandalous detail, how some financial regulators earning six-figure salaries were watching porn at work as Wall Street imploded. So, as

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White House unveils system to create online identities

FAC July 5, 2010

A new White House Campaign aims to streamline online transaction processes by creating online identities for the public. The system is focused on combating identity theft. But access groups are watching to see if system circumvents public access to information, including government-held records. -SMD Internet News July 2, 2010 By Mara Zimmerman The White House is moving forward with a plan that will invite people to create online identities in order to streamline the online

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Middle Eastern countries censoring Internet

donal brown June 28, 2010

Last week Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey acted to block more content from the Internet. Afghanistan is installing filters on the categories of alcohol, dating and social networking, gambling and pornography. -db Electronic Frontier Foundation Opinion June 26, 2010 By Shari Steele Yet another country has decided to shut down key parts the Internet. Kathleen Reen at Internews reports that, as of this past Thursday, the Afghan Ministry of Communications mandated that all Internet Service Providers

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California court unseals records in murder of eight-year-old

donal brown June 17, 2010

Weighing the family’s right to privacy to the public’s right to know, a Superior Court judge released most of the records sought by the media pertaining to last year’s murder of an eight-year-old girl. The judge withheld autopsy photos. -db Tracy Press Jun 14, 2010 By Jaclyn Hirsch STOCKTON, Calif.  — Judge Linda Lofthus decided this afternoon to unseal most of the grand jury transcript and most of the evidence that police used to charge

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Reblogging carries legal risk

donal brown June 10, 2010

Reblogging could get you into legal problems or a big hassle. Reusing photos is almost certain to attract the notice of the photographer. -db Los Angeles Times Analysis June 9, 2010 By Mark Mili Bloggers rip, reuse and rehash text and media from the entrails of the Internet all the time, but the legality of doing so remain contentious. Legal questions aside, the major blogging platforms have come to facilitate the reproduction of content from

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