E.U. Fines Microsoft $731 Million
The corporation failed to promote browsers other than its own Internet Explorer
Internet
Amateur Beats Gov't at Digitizing Newspapers: Tom Tryniski's Weird, Wonderful Website
A retiree with a scanner builds one of the world's largest historic newspaper sites while tax-funded projects stall.
German Lawmakers Approve Restrictive Online Copyright Law
Designed to force Google, other online outlets to pay for reproducing content
Kim Dotcom Closer to Extradition to the U.S.
A New Zealand court has ruled that the American prosecutors do not have to hand over their evidence agains the Megaupload founder
Cablevision, Comcast Start Copyright Enforcement Policies
Let's make a bad problem even worse!
PA School District Slammed Over Discriminatory Internet Filter
Intolerant of tolerance and intolerance, both
Flesh or Fantasy: Did Creepy "Cannibal Cop" Actually Intend to Eat Anybody?
What's the line between a plan and role-playing?
Attempt to Stop Mug Shot Sites Could Censor Press
Would require sites to take down images and information if defendants were acquitted, which could be a problem for crime reporting
"Six Strikes" Copyright Law Goes into Effect Today
ISPs will have to send warnings before throttling service
Firefox to Introduce Stricter Cookie Policy
Only websites you actually, you know, visit will be allowed to track you
Automakers Oppose FCC Plan to Free Up Wireless Spectrum
They say some of it had been previously reserved for them
Nielsen to Start Including Online Television Viewing Numbers
Including through devices like tablets and consoles
Should You Go to Jail for Unlocking Your Phone?
Derek Khanna on copyright, the DMCA, and the terrible law against freeing your cellphone
Singapore Police: Scammers Seduce Men Online, Use Naked Pictures for Blackmail
Sending pics to anonymous people online? What could go wrong?
Online Freedom Gives Way to Internet Censorship in Asia
Once vibrant online presences are fading
Clark County Schools Stop Filtering Gay, Alternative Religion Websites
They really thought that would fly?
Iceland Considers Wide-Ranging Internet Censorship To Block Pornography
It's for the children, of course
Governments Increasingly Target Speech on the Internet
2012 was a rough year, unless you're a tech-savvy despot
Privacy Advocates Ready to Fight CISPA Again
Desire to control internet remains strong in Washington
Twitter: Free Speech in 140 Characters
The virtues of pseudonymity in an age of full disclosure
Obama Issues Cybersecurity Executive Orders
Tasks the government to work with private business to work out security standards
George H.W. Bush's Emails Hacked
Emails, addresses, and phone numbers of Bush family members compromised
Megaupload Successor Brings Encryption to the Mainstream
Oddly, almost nobody else has offered the technology to the non-techie public
Fear of Government Snooping Hampers Cloud Storage of Data
Better to keep sensitive data out of temptation's way
Survey: Europeans as Apathetic About Online Data Tracking as Americans
Not afraid of Americans
Amazon Launches its Own Currency
Amazon Coins developed to make it easier to buy apps and games
FCC Plans National, Government-Run WiFi
Nothing says innovation like a tax-funded state monopoly
Britain Plans Close Surveillance of Online Activity
Big Brother is English, after all
White House Claims Broad Powers to Fight Cyberattacks
Including the possibility of pre-emptive strikes
Google, Yahoo Have More Respect for the Fourth Amendment Than the Feds
Have a policy not to divulge e-mail contents without a warrant
