Your activities on the Internet are akin to your activities out in public—they’re not private and are possibly open for police scrutiny, according to an Ontario Superior Court. The ruling was made by Justice Lynne Leitch on—surprise!—a child pornography case. The judge said that there’s “no reasonable expectation of privacy” when it comes to logs [...]
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New bill would force ISPs to retain user data for two years
For years, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) has been pressing for legislation that would require Internet Service Providers to retain user data in order to aid law enforcement in hunting down child porn peddlers and downloaders. Last week, he introduced his most recent effort, and today was joined at a press conference in Austin by Sen. [...]
Canadian ISPs stand up for content blocking, throttling
Canada’s telecoms regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is in the midst of a network neutrality proceeding, and the responses that rolled in this week were vociferous. Several ISPs and music groups objected to any such rules, arguing that they might stop ISPs from implementing all sorts of wonderful policies such as P2P [...]
ISP filtering trials get green light - The Australian
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ISP filtering trials get green light
The Australian, Australia - 10 hours ago
The pilot aims to investigate the efficiency and effectiveness of a mandatory internet filtering scheme — a key election pledge by Labor. …
Companies to trial net filtering plan Sydney Morning Herald
Government’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) Filtering Live Pilot … Australia.TO
BREAKING: Internet filter to go live… [...]