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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 23 Jun 2011
The Danish police had proposed abolishing all anonymous Internet access, under the rubric of fighting terrorism. ISPs and companies would be required to gather strong proof of identity (official ID cards and similar) before connecting users, and would be required to retain records.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 22 Jun 2011
After retaining control of parliament with nearly 50 percent of the vote, Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party remains fixated on introducing a compulsory Internet filtering system later this summer, even in the face of mounting criticism.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 22 Jun 2011
MOST Australian internet users will have their web access censored next month after the country's two largest internet providers agreed to voluntarily block more than 500 websites from view.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 22 Jun 2011
When Facebook temporarily shut down the Facebook page of arguably the most well-known film critic in the world today, it was surprising but not at all uncharacteristic of the social network, which can't seem to find a consistent method of policing its site.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 22 Jun 2011
There is no cyber warfare taking place between China and the United States, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday, after weeks of friction over accusations that China may have launched a string of Internet hacking attacks.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 22 Jun 2011
Not too long ago, theorists fretted that the Internet was a place where anonymity thrived. Now, it seems, it is the place where anonymity dies.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 21 Jun 2011
Just three weeks after Google's Street View cars started driving around Bangalore, the company has grounded the fleet after an objection from the city police. According to Google, it received a letter from the Commissioner of Police of Bangalore asking it to stop the cars. The cars were taking pictures and mapping streets of Bangalore. The data was supposed to be used for Google's Street View service.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 21 Jun 2011
Groundviews reports that citizen journalism and dissident sites were blocked on Sri Lanka Telecom ADSL broadband Internet connections for a few hours yesterday.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 20 Jun 2011
Criminal and black hat hackers beware -- If the U.S. government finds you, it is not going to be lenient.
The stakes are rising in the world of cybersecurity and the Obama administration is not taking it lightly.
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By: Kendra Albert
Date: 20 Jun 2011
Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to increase the number of domain endings.
