Michael McGuire reports: South Australia has become one of the few states in the world to restrict the internet under laws created by Attorney-General Michael Atkinson. AdelaideNow reports the new law, which came into force on January 6, requires internet bloggers, and anyone making a comment on next month’s state election, to publish their real…
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AU: CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act
Munir Kotadia reports: CommSec, the Commonwealth Bank’s stock trading arm, has agreed to pay a $55,000 to The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after breaching the Spam Act during 2009. According to ACMA, CommSec customers complained that they had continued to receive commercial messages despite having withdrawn their consent. The watchdog “also identified that…
New EU laws to target Facebook
Leigh Phillips reports: Two weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social networking site Facebook, told the world to just get over it – no one cares about privacy anymore, provoking a storm of protest across cyberspace. On Thursday (28 January), the European Commission responded to the 24-year-old billionaire and announced plans for comprehensive new…
‘No scan, no flight’ at Heathrow and Manchester
Some passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports will have to go through full body scanners before boarding their flights under new rules. It is now compulsory for people selected for a scan to take part, or they will not be allowed to fly. The new security rules have been introduced following the attempt to blow…