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By: Jane Abell
Date: 26 Jul 2011
The cyber-crime division of the Italian police, CNAIPIC, has been hacked, and 8GB of data taken, according to a Tweet made by the Anonymous IRC Twitter account.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 26 Jul 2011
New regulations that require bars, restaurants, hotels and bookstores to install costly Web monitoring software are prompting many businesses to cut Internet access and sending a chill through the capital’s game-playing, Web-grazing literati who have come to expect free Wi-Fi with their lattes and green tea.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 25 Jul 2011
Revolution in Tunisia has shattered the regime of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, offering Tunisians unfettered freedom to debate and criticise. Almost. A glaring exception is Samir Feriani, a security official arrested in May after fingering interior ministry officials for alleged human-rights abuses. Now Mr Feriani is under investigation for allegedly harming security and falsely accusing state agents.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 25 Jul 2011
We recently noted that, over in France, under the HADOPI three strikes regime, they had their first 10 people get their third strike, and each was being reviewed to see if they should lose their connection.
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By: Jane Abell
Date: 25 Jul 2011
The Saudi Arabian government has long blocked access to thousands of Web sites that cover topics such as religion, women, health, drugs, sex and pop culture. On July 25, it began blocking the website of INGO Amnesty International (AI), after AI published a Saudi draft law that the organization fears will hinder free speech in the nation if implemented.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 22 Jul 2011
Head of Iran's Basij force,Mohammad Reza Naghdi, produces poem criticizing Twitter, Facebook, and other Western influences deemed to be anti-Islamic.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 21 Jul 2011
Cairn Energy obtains injunction against Greenpeace, preventing them from posting tweets and Facebook updates with pictures of Greenpeace protests against the oil company. Hundreds break the injunction.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 20 Jul 2011
Israel is considering a memorandum which would require ISPs to disclose the identities of those accused of defamation or copyright violation.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 20 Jul 2011
Iran upgrades its filtration system in response to US's "Internet in a Suitcase" initiative.
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By: Matt Lavigueur
Date: 20 Jul 2011
Australia's ACMA has begun preparing its blacklist of sites potentially linked to child abuse and child pornography to submit to ISPs participating in voluntary filtration.
