In just the first three months of 2011, nine bills have been introduced in seven US states, which allow creationism to be taught in our schools’ classrooms. Four of them have already died in committee. Four are still under review. More »
Clap… Clap… Clap… Would everybody join me in an ironic slow clap for the South Australian government, who according to an AAP report today have decided they want to make it illegal to post “violent or degrading images” on the internet. Yeah, that’ll work. More »
A federal bill is currently looking at making adjustments to current surveillance laws to give police access to the complete phone records of missing persons. The question is whether or not this is too much of an invasion of privacy. More »
A US federal appeals court said on Tuesday the government may obtain cell-site information mobile phone carriers retain on their customers without a probable cause warrant under the Fourth Amendment. More »
A US judge has ruled that looking up a person’s movements via mobile phone location data is technically the same as GPS tracking – also recognising that we now have little choice in making much of our private lives public. More »
Thought Hawaiians were relaxed types? Not Walter Wagner, who got so worked-up over the implications of the Large Hadron Collider he fought it in court – the US court. Naturally, he was told to pipe down and take it overseas. More »
Here’s a video of New York’s single most annoying individual 1) taping a teenage girl’s arse as she poses in Times Square, and 2) proclaiming obnoxiously his right to do so. He’s right, though. Gothamist has the crotch shots. Classy.
Starting February 4 next year, the ACMA has decreed that all devices with a digital TV tuner must include a parental lock feature that will allow parents to lock off certain programming for younger viewers. More »
