Ewin Hannan reports: Victoria’s top cop Simon Overland has become embroiled in a new political storm. He has admitted journalists and possibly MPs have had their phone records covertly investigated over leaks from the police force. The Police Chief Commissioner confirmed yesterday that an investigation into the source of a story by Herald Sun senior…
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Pirate Bay trial set to reopen
An appeal by the four men convicted in the Pirate Bay trial opens on Tuesday. Carl Lundström, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde will face the Svea Court in a bid to overturn their conviction for being accessories to copyright violations. Both the defendants and prosecution are confident ahead of court proceedings. Read…
French court orders Google Inc to pay libel damages: report
A French court has ordered Google Inc to pay 5,000 euros ($6,672) in libel damages to a man who claimed that searches for his name automatically yielded a list of harmful suggestions. The man, whose name was not given, said the suggested terms that came up when typing his name on Google.fr — including the…
UK: Unmanned drones may be used in police surveillance
Owen Bowcott and Paul Lewis report: More and more police forces and government agencies are exploring the potential of unmanned drones for covert aerial surveillance, security, or emergency operations across the UK, the Guardian has learned. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which works closely with police forces and MI5, published an unusually detailed public tender notice in…