Andy Burnham says people need help navigating the internet
Film-style age ratings could be applied to websites to protect children from harmful and offensive material… Continue reading
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Website age ratings ‘an option’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce a bill in January that would bar Internet providers like AT&T Inc from blocking Web content, setting up a renewed battle over so-called network… Continue reading
Internet ... Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy / Michael Potter
AUSTRALIA'S mandatory internet filter is being primed to block 10,000… Continue reading
Under Government plans to monitor internet traffic, raw data would be collected and stored by the black boxes before being transferred to a giant central database.
The vision was outlined at a meeting… Continue reading
The company is at the forefront of what CEO Maggie Wilderotter believes is a trend among Internet service providers toward billing for the amount of data subscribers use, rather than all-you-can-eat
The Australian government’s plans to censor all web content at the borders of the country looks in danger of coming unstuck.
The Australian Labour government has pledged to filter all internet content coming into… Continue reading
Government plans to build a giant database holding information about every phone call, email and internet visit were last night dealt a major blow after the man in charge of prosecuting terrorism in England… Continue reading
A net-neutrality activist group has uncovered plans for the demise of the free Internet by 2010 in Canada. By 2012, the group says, the trend will be global.
Bell… Continue reading
Charter Communications, the fourth largest cable operator in the United States, announced today that it has backed off a plan to monitor customers' Internet transmissions.
The data collection… Continue reading
A giant database of every phone call and email sent in Britain is being considered by the Government.
Internet service providers and telephone companies would be forced toThe Government wants to create the system to fight terrorism and crime. The police and security services believe it will make it easier to access important data as communications become more complex… Continue reading
Charter Communications, the fourth-largest cable system in the United States, has started telling its high-speed Internet customers that it is going to keep track of every site they visit on the Web.
The cable company
Sweeping reforms will make it easier than ever for law enforcement to intercept communications if amendments to the Telecommunications (Interceptions) Act are agreed upon by a Senate standing committee.
The federal government is pushing… Continue reading
FBI also spies on home soil for military, documents show; Much information acquired without court order
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been routinely monitoring the e-mails, instant messages and cell phone calls of… Continue reading
The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose… Continue reading