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EU’s top court says The Pirate Bay can be blocked, because it knowingly links to unauthorized copyright material

Updated on Aug 5, 2021 by Glyn Moody

A long-running legal battle between Dutch ISPs and the local anti-piracy organization BREIN over blocking The Pirate Bay has concluded with a ruling in favor of BREIN. The Court of…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News

New law in Japan lets police arrest and surveil those merely planning or discussing certain acts, like copyright violation

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Earlier today, after an intentionally rushed consideration process, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passed a new mass surveillance law conveniently called the "anti-conspiracy bill." The new law creates a list…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News, Governments

Finnish Market Court cracks down hard on copyright trolls in new ruling

Updated on Aug 5, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

A Finnish ruling appears to end the era of copyright trolls in the country. This follows a ruling in Norway, which although a different case, had the same effect in…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News

Untangling the other dark web – of pervasive, inescapable, corporate surveillance

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Visitors to this site are well aware of how our every move is tracked as we move around the Internet. We know that companies are building minutely-detailed profiles of us,…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

The 8 members of Congress that support the FCC’s net neutrality repeal received over $4.5 million in telecom donations

Updated on Jul 28, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Last month, the FCC voted to begin dismantling net neutrality and handing over such regulation to the Federal Trade Commission. Mignon Clyburn, the only pro net neutrality FCC commissioner, called…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Copyright revision in Europe proceeding; upload censorship gone (for now); close calls

Updated on Jun 10, 2017 by Rick Falkvinge

The revision of the copyright monopoly in the European Union continues its way through the European law factory. From Julia Reda, we learn that the Internal Market "IMCO" Committee has…

Categories: Censorship, Copyright, General Privacy News, Governments

UK police arrest man picked out from the crowd in real time by automatic facial recognition system

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Glyn Moody

An automatic facial scanning system has been used in Wales to spot a man wanted by the UK police, who was then arrested. Believed to be the first of its…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Most UK ISPs block Private Internet Access by default

Updated on Jul 30, 2020 by Caleb Chen

VPN websites, like that of Private Internet Access, are actively being censored by internet service providers (ISPs) in the United Kingdom (UK). The website blocks were first put into place by UK…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

On July 12th, the internet is planning a day of action to save net neutrality, just like the SOPA blackout and Internet Slowdown

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Caleb Chen

On July 12th, Private Internet Access will join other technology companies in a day of action to save net neutrality. Companies supporting the Battle for the Net day of action include…

Categories: General Privacy News

According to UK Prime Minister May, the fight against terrorism requires porn censorship on the Internet

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

A few people have commented on UK Prime Minister Theresa May jumping on the opportunity to argue for "regulating the Internet" after the most recent terror attacks. Fewer have highlighted…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments
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