Feb 042012
Brief bits from the last week:
- “Bangladesh sets up cybercrime watchdog,” Liau Yun Qing, ZDNet Asia, Jan. 27, 2012.
- “FTC settlement gives Facebook leverage over competitors,” Cecilia Kang, Washington Post, Jan. 30, 2012.
- “Learning from Egypt’s Internet and Cellphone Shutdown,” Meg Roggensack, Human Rights First, Jan. 30, 2012.
- “Is Chicago really planning on detaining anyone who records protestor arrests at the G-8 summit?” Dahlia Lithwick, Slate, Jan. 31, 2012.
- “Justice system must learn to deal with Facebook, Twitter and other social media, Beverley McLachlin says,” Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, Jan. 31, 2012.
- “Should Libraries Let People Look At Porn In The Open?” Chris Morran, The Consumerist, Jan. 31, 2012.
- “‘Shall We All Commit Suicide?’ or, Winston Churchill Imagines Drone Warfare, 1924,” Bruce Sterling, Wired, Jan. 31, 2012.
- “How to think about social media,” David Allen Green, New Statesman, Jan. 31, 2012. On English regulation of social media.
- “Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Theft in Virtual Worlds,” via Orin Kerr, Volokh Conspiracy, Feb. 1, 2012.
- “Court says France cannot use stolen bank data for searches,” AFP, Feb. 1, 2012. (h/t @pogowasright)
- “Hacked companies still not telling investors,” Joseph Menn, Reuters, Feb. 2, 2012. (h/t @vpolley)
- “Companies call for hearing on Internet sales tax,” Brendan Sasso, The Hill, Feb. 2, 2012.
- “BBC Reporter Interrogated Online By Iran’s Revolutionary Guards,” Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Feb. 2, 2012.
- “[Illinois] Bill would ban employers asking for personal passwords,” WJBC, Feb. 3, 2012. (h/t @pogowasright)
- “China cut off internet in area of Tibetan unrest – Internet connections and mobile phone signals were cut for 30 miles around scene of clashes in Sichuan, state media reports,” Tania Branigan, The Guardian, Feb. 3, 2012.
