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Global minilinks for 2008-05-04

DEEPLINKS BLOG
By Danny O'Brien
May 4, 2008

Global minilinks for 2008-05-04

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  • Global Online Freedom Act To Get Hearing
    Rep. Chris Smith's bill to force companies to comply with US government standards on censorship, filtering and privacy in certain countries moves ahead.
  • Egyptians use Facebook to Deter Censorship
    Dissidents collectively acting online to organize real world protests.
  • China Beats US for Internet Population
    Now has 221 million users, to United State's 216 million.
  • Jailed Chinese Journalist Shi Tao's Poem Follows Olympic Torch's Route Online
    The string of online activists jailed by the Chinese government dogs its Olympics preparations.
  • Bypassing a Laptop's Fingerprint Login - Using Its Own Dirty Mouse
    Kim Cameron shows that a laptop has plenty of finger marks to undermine its own security system.
  • Declared Income of All Italian Citizens Posted on Web
    Not a data leak, but a deliberate attempt to "fight tax evasion" by the outgoing Italian administration.
  • A Short Film Commemorating the 1943 Dutch Population Registry Attack
    In occupied Holland, the resistance had to take desperate measures to stop misuse of collected personal data.
  • EULAs in the UK
    British consumer groups and lawyers are becoming more and more concerned by EULA language.
  • Google Hands Over Personal Data to Brazilian Authorities
    After fighting against revealing Orkut identities, Google has finally given data on 300 users to a Brazilian senate committee.
  • Russian Prosecutors Eye Internet Censorship
    "The new proposal is for any website deemed to have hosted extremist material to be blocked by providers in Russia 'within a month,' Sizov said."
  • Performing Rights Society Doing Well From Internet
    The UK collecting society is benefitting from a deal with YouTube and other digital platforms.

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