China recently announced a policy that every computer sold must be packaged with specific software that bars it from being used to visit certain Internet sites. This so-called “Green Dam” software ostensibly is aimed at blocking child pornography and other vile sites. In Chinese, “green” and “clean” are interchangeable — here, the idea being that…
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Court: Posting online can be invasion of privacy
In a case that seems like deja vu all over again, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that posting someone else’s embarrassing personal information on the Internet can be a legal invasion of privacy, regardless of how many people view the site. In this case, the personal information concerned a woman’s sexually transmitted disease that…
Trial of four Google execs postponed
Paul Meller of IDG News Service reports that the criminal trial of four senior Google executives in an Italian court was postponed until Sept. 29 because the translator failed to show up, according to Google. There’s only one person in Italy capable of translating in court? No one can get all parties together before September…
Atlanta cop sentenced for warrantless break-in
Former Atlanta Police sergeant Wilbert Stallings was sentenced last week to prison for conspiring to violate civil rights by breaking into a private residence to search for drugs without a warrant. The incident occurred in October 2005, but was not uncovered until one of Stallings’ subordinates was involved in another incident and began cooperating with…