The province’s latest anti-gang law could breach the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, says the vice-president of Alberta’s Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association. “It’s problematic in a number of respects,” city lawyer Deborah Hatch said after Bill 42 was introduced in the legislature last week. “It captures a whole lot of people here and a whole…
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China’s Green Dam, technology and human rights
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…
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…
Gathering phone users’ personal info in Vietnam
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has ordered all prepaid subscribers to register their SIM cards by providing their name, date of birth and ID card or passport number by Tuesday, June 30. The move is part of an effort to track down companies and individuals who send out large volumes of unsolicited text…