Carl O’Brien reports: A homeless support group has expressed concern that the out-sourcing of services for homeless people in the Dublin area could result in the abuse of personal and confidential information. Trust, the homeless support group, said the move by Dublin City Council to privatise or outsource these services was a “cynical cost-saving exercise”,…
AU: Shooting victim Michael Trkulja sues Google
Norrie Ross reports: A music promoter who was shot in the back is suing internet giant Google, alleging it branded him a crook and a member of Melbourne’s underworld. Michael Trkulja claims that a person putting his name into Google’s search engine will be directed to websites where his name and photograph are mixed with…
Cleared Dando suspect Barry George challenges surveillance order
Sandra Laville reports: Barry George, the man acquitted at a retrial of killing the BBC television presenter Jill Dando, is making an unprecedented legal challenge to stop the authorities keeping a watch on his movements. George, 48, begins a legal case in the high court against the Metropolitan police, claiming his human rights are being…
De: Köhler refuses to sign controversial internet child porn law
German President Horst Köhler has hammered another nail in the coffin of a controversial law to block child pornography on the internet by refusing to sign it, news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday. Köhler has asked for “supplementary information,” the Spiegel report said. The law, which critics argue would block access to other, innocent sites…