Christopher S. Stewart and Mark Maremont report: Twitter Inc. cut off U.S. intelligence agencies from access to a service that sifts through the entire output of its social-media postings, the latest example of tension between Silicon Valley and the federal government over terrorism and privacy. […] Dataminr executives recently told intelligence agencies that Twitter didn’t want the company…
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Chinese Have No Right to Be Forgotten, Court Rules
Nathan Jubb reports: A Beijing court has reminded citizens in China that they do not have the right to be forgotten on the Internet, after a judge ruled in favor of Baidu in a lawsuit involving a request for the removal of search results on China’s most popular search engine. Ren Jiayu, 44, sued Baidu…
Celebrity injunction: British actor protected by privacy order is named in US
This is so frustrating for UK media outlets – they can’t name someone caught up in a scandal while US media outlets are naming him. So basically, anyone in the UK can just find out the name on Twitter or read U.S. tabloids online, but UK media must still remain silent? Some have suggested that…
Italy orders Facebook to hand over fake user account data to its alleged victim
Glyn Moody reports: The Italian data protection authority has ordered Facebook to provide an Italian user with all of their data, including the personal information, photos, and posts of a separate fake account set up in that person’s name by somebody else. In addition, the US social network must provide details of how the personal…