Charlie Warzel reports: Twitter is cracking down on the scourge of revenge porn with a series of updated rules in its privacy policy designed to make sure users don’t publish nude photos or post pictures of users engaging in sexual acts without the subject’s consent. […] As of 6 p.m. ET, Twitter has changed its rules to reflect…
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UK: Sky Broadband will hand over customer data in movie piracy case
Andy reports: The UK’s second largest ISP is about to hand over the personal details of customers to a company known for demanding cash from alleged file-sharers. Sky Broadband says it will hand over the names and addresses of subscribers to TCYK LLC and warns customers that the movie company will probably ask for compensation. […]…
Trial Court Doesn’t Unmask Parodist Twitterers
Venkat Balasubramani writes: Plantiffs are trying to unmask Twitter users who make derogatory posts about the plaintiff corporate entities and their CEO. (Initial blog post about the case filing here.) They filed suit in the Western District of Washington, and sought and were granted permission to conduct early discovery. They then issued subpoenas to Twitter, seeking…
Banning Tor is bad form and impossible, says UK parliament tech group
Dave Neal reports: A study in the UK Parliament looking into whether David Cameron’s plans to ban encryption are sound has found that they are not. The study was carried out by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, and looked into how the darknet, or Tor, and online anonymity is being used. The Darknet and Online Anonymity report (PDF)…