This isn’t the first time Senator Karl Kruger’s proposed a ban on mobile phone-use and listening to MP3 players when crossing the street. The motion didn’t get passed in 2007, so let’s hope the same happens again. [CBS via Gawker]
The military doesn’t want to be the source of the next WikiLeak shitstorm, and are going to extreme means to ensure this – prohibiting the use of all disks and drives on its secret network, under penalty of court martial. More »
Despite the headline, it really isn’t a laughing matter, folks. In Lank, India, the council has restricted unmarried women from using mobile phones, lest they arrange marriages behind their fathers’ backs – a crime that’s punishable by death. More »
