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US Court: Cops Can Constitutionally Seize Your Domain

12:37AM August 6, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Part of ICE’s super domain snatching spree is a site called Rojadirecta.com, which streamed sports programming. The owners cried foul: there was legal content on the site, and shuttering the whole thing suppressed free speech. A US judge: nope. More »


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EFA Congratulates iiNet On Positive Court Judgement: Australian Law Precedent Achieved

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4:14PM February 24, 2011 | Daniel Long

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has posted some interesting thoughts on today’s iiNet court appeal. The volunteer run organisation have congratulated Australia’s second largest DSL provider for keeping up the fight in a candid editorial,as posted on their website today. More »


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Turkish Court Orders End To Three-Year YouTube Ban

4:30AM November 1, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Turkish citizens can once again access the Internet’s plethora of cat videos thanks to a court ruling on Friday that eliminated a three-year YouTube ban. In 2007, YouTube was banned when disparaging remarks were made on the service about the country’s revered founder of state, Mustafa Kemal Atataturk. More »


White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Compares Censorship In China To American ISPs

8:40AM November 26, 2009 | Sean Fallon

AT&T did not take kindly to remarks made by White House Deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin comparing oppressive Chinese censorship to the practice of American ISPs. More »


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So The Leaked List Yesterday Apparently Wasn’t The ACMA Blacklist

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10:30AM March 20, 2009 | Nick Broughall

After yesterday’s story that Wikileaks had published the contents of the ACMA blacklist, both Senator Conroy and the ACMA have released (almost identical) announcements decrying the list’s publication, while denying that the contents are actually the same as their blacklist. More »