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Australia to ban internet
Excerpt: Proposed new Australian legislation imposes a 2 year jail term on anyone publishing - or even linking to - web sites that incite or encourage violence. There's no explanation as to how the law is...

Banks call for ban on mag stripe readers
Excerpt: Following a recent rise in the incidence of ATM and credit card 'skimming', Australian banks are calling for a ban on the possession of magnetic stripe readers. Ironic, given that the real reason...

Germany arrests 71 for displaying symbols, playing music
Excerpt: CNN says 71 demonstrators were arrested in Germany on charges including displaying banned symbols and playing prohibited music. They were later released without charge. Police say many were...

Malawi Big Brother ban lifted
Excerpt: A Malawi court has overruled the recent parliamentary ban on broadcasting the television show Big Brother Africa. Parliamentary officials said parents had complained about boozing and...

Religious tolerance lawsuit over terrorism web site
Excerpt:The operator of muslimterrorists.com is being sued for breaching Victorian religious tolerance laws. The site appears to be hosted on a US server, and the domain name is registered in NSW ....

US govt appeals COPA
Excerpt: WaPo says the Bush Administration is again angling to reinstate the COPA internet censorship law. In an appeal filed Monday, Solicitor General Theodore Olson said the filter technology alone is...

Australian teacher charged over unpublished diary
Excerpt: A former teacher was charged last week in Melbourne over the contents of his private diary, which contained fictional descriptions of sexual encounters with minors. He faces charges of publishing...

Pakistani intelligence paying foreign script kiddies?
Excerpt: Suelette Dreyfus suggests Pakistani intelligence is paying foreign script kiddies to deface Indian web sites. There's some question as to the reliability of Fadia, Suelette's source. Ankit...

Malware evidence acceptable in US court
Excerpt: Catching up: a recent US appeals court decision allows electronic evidence obtained by a trojan horse to be used in court, provided police did not actively encourage its use. As The Register...

Escaping the RIAA in Jenin?
Excerpt: Perhaps even less accessible than Sealand: CNet reports on Earthstation 5, a new file swapping network purportedly operated out of the Jenin refugee camp. The software appears to be closed...

RIAA subpoena rejected
Excerpt: A New England judge has thrown out an out-of-state RIAA subpoena demanding the names of four file swappers. So far the RIAA has launched legal action against 2,000 people and court proceedings...

Indonesian military, intelligence calls for security powers
Excerpt: The Age reports on calls from Indonesian military and intelligence leaders for new anti-terrorism powers following the recent hotel bombing in Jakarta. Political activists who have been victims...

RSF details charges against Cuban journalists
Excerpt: An opinion piece by RSF secretary-general Robert Menart details the charges against journalists imprisoned in Cuba for publishing articles in the US press. Twenty-nine other journalists like...

Chinese authorities beat, detain journalists
Excerpt: AFP says 10 Chinese journalists were beaten by police in Nanjing, after they tried to take photographs at an education bureau meeting. The incident occurred on August 1 when guards...

Lawsuit against Patriot Act support restrictions
Excerpt: The Center for Constitutional Rights has filed suit against a Patriot Act provision that prohibits providing "material support" to designated terrorist groups. The provision is similar to the one...

Mike Hawash pleads guilty
Excerpt: Mike Hawash has pleaded guilty to associating with terrorists. He was detained without charge as a material witness earlier this year, following his donation to a charity group that allegedly...

Terrorist discussion migrates towards diverse anonymous tech
Excerpt: US authorities say al Qaeda and related terrorist groups are shifting their online discussions to simpler, more anonymous message boards as high-profile web sites and forums are shut down....

Trial of Indonesian editor
Excerpt: AP reports on the trial of Indonesian newspaper editor Rakyat Merdeka . He faces a possible 6 year jail term for insulting President Megawati Sukarnoputri. ``Does this show proper manners? Is...

Another Chinese democracy advocate jailed
Excerpt: Another of the Chinese activists who signed a pro-democracy letter has been jailed, this time for 5 years. Advocating democracy in authoritarian China is enough to get a person jailed. The...

Californian sentenced for anarchist Web site
Excerpt: Raise The Fist webmaster Sherman Austin has been sentenced to 12 months in prison following his guilty plea on charges of distributing bomb recipes. His sentence prohibits him from using a...

EU IP recommendations call for searches, restricted technology
Excerpt: ZDNet UK reports on new EU intellectual property laws that threaten to criminalize any number of everyday activities and technologies. By page 20, we're into the meat. Impressed by the UK's...

Malawi bans Big Brother
Excerpt: Malawi's government has voted to ban the television show Big Brother, following complaints over "immoral behaviour". [Parliament] voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday immediately to pull the plug on...

HavenCo turns soft?
Excerpt: Ryan Lackey, HavenCo's former CTO, says the Sealand hosting project is in decline because of interference by the royal family. Lackey claims HavenCo has been increasingly refusing customers and...

Countersuit against RIAA subpoena frenzy
Excerpt: Following the RIAA's unprecedented legal attack on the users of file sharing networks, Pacific Bell has launched a countersuit arging that the RIAA's tactics of issuing subpoenas to ISPs is...

Australian A-G wants power to disconnect internet
Excerpt: Proposed new Australian legislation would allow the Attorney-General to order internet and phone communications to be disconnected, and carrier licenses be refused, without any grounds for...

Australian crime committee proposes free email ban
Excerpt: Catching up: An Australian government committee on crime recently proposed that free email accounts be banned, with all email providers collecting credit card details to help law enforcement track...

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