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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 09 Mar 2012 
 
  French National Assembly passes bill requiring biometric identification cards for French citizens, raising concerns for privacy, civil liberties.  
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 06 Mar 2012 
 
  Chinese netizen who posted a false rumor online about a SARS outbreak has been sent to labor camp for re-education.  
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 21 Feb 2012 
 
  Execution of a Canadian web programmer looms after the Toronto resident designed a program for uploading photos to the Internet that was then used by a different individual to upload pornography. 
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 09 Feb 2012 
 
  The Russian government's anti-drug agency has ordered the banning of a public health site targeted towards HIV-prevention for discussing the addiction medicine methadone. 
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 30 Jan 2012 
 
  Thousands across Europe protest ACTA bill.  
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 30 Jan 2012 
 
  Thailand becomes the first government to back Twitter's decision to begin censoring tweets violate individual nations' laws within those nations.  
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 26 Jan 2012 
 
  Twitter will now begin censoring content that violates national law on a country-by-country basis. 
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 24 Jan 2012 
 
  European Commission plans proposal for right of users to have firms delete their personal data, barring legitimate reasons for its retention.  
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 24 Jan 2012 
 
  EU Commissioner Vivianne Reding speaks out against potential use of legislation similar to SOPA and PIPA in Europe.  
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   By: Matt Lavigueur Date: 19 Jan 2012 
 
  Tally of Senate defectors from Protect IP (PIPA) online piracy bill rises to 13.