Archive for the 'Censorship' Category
Now ‘Big Brother’ targets Facebook
• April, 2009Now ‘Big Brother’ targets Facebook Wednesday, 25 March 2009 Minister wants government database to monitor social networking sites Millions of Britons who use social networking sites such as Facebook could soon have their every move monitored by the Government and saved on a “Big Brother” database. Ministers faced a civil liberties outcry last night over the plans, with accusations of excessive snooping on the private lives of law-abiding citizens.…
Israeli Army T-Shirts Mock Gaza Killings
• April, 2009Israeli Army T-Shirts Mock Gaza Killings Friday, March 20 04:45 pm The Israeli army is at the centre of a second controversy over the moral conduct of its soldiers in as many days. The revelations centre on t-shirt designs made for soldiers that make light of shooting pregnant Palestinian mothers and children and include images of dead babies and destroyed mosques. The t-shirts were printed for Israeli soldiers at…
Man Arrested for Feeding the Homeless! .::. =video=
• April, 2009Man Arrested for Feeding the Homeless!.::. <<video>> <<Editors notE>> When you think you have got it all figured out, another example out of our loving world… “The police and the law”, your friends!
95% of music downloads illegal despite boom
• January, 200995% of music downloads illegal despite boom By Robert Dex, Press Association Friday, 16 January 2009 The digital music business is booming but 95 per cent of downloads are still illegal and not paid for, according to a report published today. Making money from digital music is “the biggest challenge for music companies” at the moment, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s (IFPI) Digital Music Report.…
Web spies monitor activists online for police, attorney-general
• December, 2008Web spies monitor activists online for police, attorney-general AAP November 26, 2008 A PRIVATE intelligence company has been engaged by police to secretly monitor internet and email use by activist and protest groups, a report says. The company was hired to monitor and report on the internet activities of anti-war campaigners, animal rights activists, environmental campaigners, and other protest groups, Fairfax Media reported. It was hired by Victorian Police,…
Australia planning to block 10,000 websites
• November, 2008Australia planning to block 10,000 websites By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney Last Updated: 5:17AM GMT 14 Nov 2008 Australia is preparing to block public access to 10,000 websites deemed to carry “unwanted content”. The websites will be blocked as part of a government-sponsored trial of its filter technology that will start before Christmas and last six weeks. The government has already identified 1300 websites that it wants to black…
