France court tells Twitter to release identities of racist tweeters

A French court puts Twitter on the spotlight and tells them to turn over data of anti-Semitic tweeters, and that’s because in France, hate and racist speech is illegal in the country.

Twitter said that they are reviewing the request, but will they comply?

When it comes to some European countries like Germany and France going after Nazi paraphernalia and hate comments online, that can be just the pretext needed for Internet subjugation.

Source: Tech News World

Top ISPs Six Strikes Anti-Piracy measures may apply to free Wi-Fi

For those that think the six strikes copyright enforcement blitz only applies to residential customers and not in public areas, think again.

The top ISPs - AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and others may expand the six strikes copyright rule to their Wi-Fi hotspots, and go after businesses that are providing patrons their Wi-Fi access and throttling down their Net speed if used for infringement purposes.

It shows even if you use public Wi-Fi, you may be subject to an unexpected decrease in Net speed.

Source: TechDirt

If you're looking to petition Verizon not to pursue businesses that provide their Wi-Fi access, sign the petition here.

Google removes censorship notice from Chinese search

Google decides to take away the ability to notify Chinese internet surfers of censored search results from China’s internet censorship systems, days after its plans to visit North Korea.

Is it because the Chinese regime already know about it, or that it serves no purpose to Google?

North Korea has it’s own domestic Intranet in place, so will Google’s visit to the country help in terms of setting up shop, or otherwise?

Source: Information Policy

South Korea looks to block out porn and swear terms on teen cell phones

In efforts to tackle cyberbullying, South Korea is looking at smartphone software that will do just this – blocking out porn and profane content, aiming at kids and teens that are using their smartphones to visit social networks like Twitter and Facebook, likely part of its “Internet Dangers” education program.

The program encourages South Korean teens to overcome problems with Internet gaming addition, and to do something positive such as school work, reading and music.

Source: The Verge

Facebook Banning Gun Owners En Masse

Alex Jones of Infowars.com says in the video that Facebook has blocking accounts that were promoting pro-gun material. Perhaps bad for Facebook's image, or just convert censorship?

List of accounts that were temporarily shut down

More Internet restrictions coming to China

The Chinese regime announced its latest plans for more control over the Internet in the country. The first one is having Net users register their names with ISPs and government-run sites, which is probably been in place before, Then, it legalizes the deletion and interception of posts and data from Net users that may deem “illegal” online, effectively controlling what the Chinese can say and do, and retain data about what a user has posted – which is called data retention.

Such measures like these will allow the Chinese police to identify and snuff out dissidents that are posting info that is frown upon by the Chinese regime, taking the Big Brother internet policing to the next level.

This comes after Internet users in China exposed lower-level officials that may have engaged in government corruption, and wanting extra measures in place to prevent false and anonymous accusations online.

So if you want to expose a corrupt government official, the Chinese regime may not take your word for it without disclosing your real name and info.

Source: Reuters

NYPD looks to identify “deranged” people online

If you’re looking to hunt down criminals, terrorists and mentally ill people online, just spy on as many people as possible. The NYPD is turning to social networks to identify “deranged” people that may pose a danger to the community. The question is, do the big city police in America know how to deal with the mentally ill other than beating them in a seismic way?

But the Internet is already being watched by people like Homeland Security, NSA, DOJ and others. And yet another one of those Thought Police models of trying to catch the “preppers” of crime.

Source: Slashdot