Russia blocks two top porn sites
Pornhub.com and Youporn.com, two of the largest porn websites in the world, are now blocked for Russian internet users. The block order comes from the Roskomnadzor, or Russia’s Federal Service…
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More on the European Supreme Court’s hyperlink ruling and why reactions are all over the map
Reactions have been all over the map about the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on the legality of hyperlinks to infringing material. Some outlets despair that links can be…
EU Supreme Court: Hyperlinks are legal, even when linking to illegal publications
In a fresh and mostly welcomed decision, the European Court of Justice - the highest court in the European Union - has ruled that hyperlinking is legal, even when linking…
Indian Judge clarifies that visiting blocked websites, like one for torrents, isn’t illegal
The Indian government has clarified that simply visiting blocked websites, viewing a torrent magnet link, or streaming a pirated movie is not illegal and will not result in fines or…
Norwegian politicians want to censor the Internet, because Rule 34 (“because all the pornography”)
Norwegian politicians from the Christian People's Party are shocked that there is porn on the Internet, and want it eliminated - censored off all the Internet pipes as though the…
Copyright trolls come to Sweden: A deeper analysis
This week, copyright trolls in Sweden announced they'll start sending extortion letters later this year to people who have been sharing music and movies. It follows an all too familiar…
Called it: The TTIP (“the US-European TPP”) is all but dead
The TTIP is all but dead: it will never happen. That's my professional political opinion after Germany and France have said that it's stalled and called for its scrapping, respectively.…
Turkey blocks Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter… again
Starting Thursday, 11:07PM local time in Turkey, internet users started reporting that Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter had been blocked. Internet users in Turkey were forced to use a VPN to…
Germany, France demand golden key AND strong encryption just when you thought politicians had clued in to basic reality
In a new level of dumb, Germany and France are demanding strong encryption for all citizens at the same time as they demand this strong encryption to be breakable. They…
California judge denies class action lawsuit against GMail privacy intrusion, forces 876 students to sue Google individually
879 students have sued Google for privacy intrusions into their mail correspondence when scanning GMail for advertising purposes. While a court in California allowed the lawsuit to proceed mid-August, the…