The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has been monitoring Internet filtering around the world since 2002. Currently, more that 40 countries are filtering the Internet to varying degrees, while a number of others, including Australia, Iraq, and Spain, are considering enacting filtering policies....

A case that could have redefined what UK citizens are allowed to post on the Internet ended yesterday after the prosecution failed to bring supporting evidence. British blogger and civil servant Darryn Walker, who wrote an erotic story about the kidnapping, rape...

In an effort to “modernize” police tactics and surveillance, UK’s home secretary has called for the implementation of a system that records internet contact between users, according to BBC News. This comes in the wake of Britain’s ruling out...

According to the BBC, the UK government is evaluating a number of new Internet safeguards to protect children from content perceived as harmful or offensive. The UK’s Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, who is spearheading the initiative calling for film-style age...

Shortly after we blogged about the blocking of the Wikipedia page for heavy metal band Scorpions' album "Virgin Killer," it was announced that the England-based Internet Watch Foundation had removed the Wikipedia page from their child pornography watchlist. An unfortunate side-effect...

On Monday, December 8, it was reported that a number of UK Internet service providers have decided to block access to a controversial Wikipedia entry showing an image of a naked girl. The ISPs acted after online watchdog the Internet...