In what is, unfortunately, rather rare, Twitter is once again stepping up to defend its users against the ever curious eyes of the US government. Companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter and everyone else constantly get requests to hand over information on their users.
Twitter is a particularly targeted company sinc... |
9 May 2012
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As a result of a court order, BT, the UK Internet service provider, is forced to block all its account holders from accessing Newzbin2 in a matter of 14 days.
According to TorrentFreak, BT was handed an order which cannot be bypassed in any way.
The court found out that Newzbin already developed tools that might al... |
27 October 2011
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In an attempt to comply with a court order and block a single blog, some Argentinian ISPs have enacted a filter that actually makes over a million websites inaccessible to their customers.The whole situation started with Argentina's National Telecommunications Commission (CNC) issuing a directive to ISPs to bloc... |
20 August 2011
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Renowned iPhone and PS3 hacker geohot has lost another battle in its legal war with Sony today, as the judge refused to rescind an order that forces him to hand over his computers to the company's lawyers.Sony managed to obtain a temporary restraining order against George "geohot" Hotz after he released the root... |
11 February 2011
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Google refused to provide Derbyshire Police with an uncernsored Street View image they believe could help them solve a theft case, without a court order.In June 2009, while a family from Linton, Derbyshire, UK, were away, a thief stole the caravan parked in front of their house.Police didn't have much to go on a... |
7 January 2011
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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is mad that someone resurrected LimeWire in a form that is even better than before and claims that the culprit used to work or is still working at Lime Wire LLC.At the end of October, RIAA won a case against Lime Wire LLC, the company which developed the formerly p... |
22 November 2010
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BT has made good on its promise to resist the efforts of law firms to obtain customer data, after the High Court granted it an adjournment in an important hearing.This is the second time when the court hearing, in which Gallant Macmillan, a London-based law firm seeking customer data from BT-owned Plusnet, is adjourn... |
5 October 2010
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A judge has ordered Google to suspend the account of a Gmail user and reveal details about their identity after a bank employee sent a document containing highly sensitive information to his e-mail address by mistake. According to law experts, the unusual ruling raises a lot of privacy and civil liberties questions.L... |
28 September 2009
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If you know you're doing something that is generally considered illegal by others, don't record it and then post it on the YouTube. This is the basic rule for all who enjoy doing things cross legal boundaries, but it appears that one man hasn't heard of it yet. Andrew Kellett, a 23-year old Englishman,... |
22 May 2008
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I've wasted so much time wondering whether Britney really is THAT stupid. It doesn't matter what about - she just is. And I'm starting to think the only strategy that's likely to work with the popwreck is reverse psychology. We should get a judge to order her to drink till she pukes, and I'm ... |
21 September 2007
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Just hours after being warned her substance abuse has to stop, Britney does what she knows best - effs the court orders and is out partying again. Earlier in the day, Brit Brit was warned that she was going to be tested for drugs and alcohol twice a week. Also, she was warned not to drink or take any medication at le... |
19 September 2007
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