The Associated Press reports: Indonesians grappled with their first-ever celebrity sex-tape scandal, casting aside social taboos as they swarmed around office computers and mobile phones to watch clips allegedly showing a much-loved pop star with two girlfriends. The story topped newscasts for a week and dominated chatter on social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter….
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AU: New fines for direct marketers
Direct marketers will be fined $2200 from August if they fax or call emergency numbers on the expanded Do Not Call Register. Legislation was passed at the end of May to expand the list of forbidden numbers. From late August, product spruikers will be fined $2200 every time they fax advertisements to consumers who have…
U.K.: Thousands detained unlawfully in police stop-and-search blunder
Richard Ford reports: Fourteen police forces have unlawfully stopped and searched thousands of people on the streets under controversial counter terror powers, the Home Office disclosed yesterday. The blunder occurred when police detained people without having permission to do so from a Home Office minister. On other occasions police continued to stop and search people…
Ca: Surveillance too heavy, G20 protesters say
Tom Godfrey reports: G20 protesters say their phone calls, e-mails and texts are being monitored by CSIS agents. And protesters claim there have been at least 28 incidents in which organizers have had CSIS officers show up at their doors seeking interviews and trying to intimidate them. With the Toronto summit just two weeks away,…