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Opinion: First Amendment victory in case of UCLA student’s YouTube rant

donal brown March 21, 2011

Administrators at the University of California, Los Angeles said they had dropped their investigation into a student’s YouTube video in which she mocked Asian students. President of the Foundaton for Individual Rights In Education, Greg Lukianoff, praised the university’s action but said there were deep concerns about reported threats against the student. Lukianoff said, “We are pleased that UCLA will not attempt to punish Alexandra Wallace for her constitutionally protected speech. The cure for ‘bad’

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Egypt shuts down Internet in record time

donal brown February 1, 2011

Los Angeles Times January 29, 2011 With a few phone calls to the likes of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, the Egyptian government  stymied the social media, effectively limiting its role in organizing the demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak. -db

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Google launches tool showing governments’ attempts at censorship

donal brown September 21, 2010

Google is now showing the number of requests from governments for removing content from its search page, Gmail, YouTube and other services. -db CNET September 21, 2010 By Lance Whitney In the wake of Google’s censorship battles with China and other nations, the search giant has launched a new tool to reveal which governments are blocking its services or requesting information on its users. The company’s new Transparency Report breaks down the information into two

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German court rules against YouTube in copyright dispute over Brightman videos

FAC September 3, 2010

A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.’s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws. September 3, 2010 By The Associated Press (CP) BERLIN —The Hamburg state court said the standardized question to users about whether they have the necessary rights to publish material is not enough to relieve YouTube of the legal responsibility for the content, especially because the

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Man with impeach Obama sign arrested at Alaska State Fair

donal brown August 31, 2010

Police arrested at man at the Alaska State Fair carrying a sign calling for the impeachment of President Barack Obama. The fair allows political messages if citizens rent a booth and follow vendor guidelines but forbid political activities in common areas. -db Anchorage Daily News August 28, 2010 By Kyle Hopkins Ten minutes of mayhem Thursday at the Alaska State Fair — caught on video and posted on YouTube — jump-started an Internet debate on

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