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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.