Jonathan Ansfield reports: News Web sites in China, complying with secret government orders, are requiring that new users log on under their true identities to post comments, a shift in policy that the country’s Internet users and media have fiercely opposed in the past. Until recently, users could weigh in on news items on many…
Ohio bill will allow DNA testing on arrest
Sharon Coolidge reports: A justice reform bill endorsed by Gov. Ted Strickland and passed by the Senate designed to prevent wrongful convictions also includes a controversial measure to expand the collection of DNA samples to those arrested on felony charges. Currently, Ohio only takes DNA from people convicted of felonies and violent misdemeanors. Law enforcement…
St. Paul man sentenced in Duluth for Internet crime
Jana Hollingsworth of Duluth News Tribune reports: A University of Minnesota Duluth student convicted of threatening to damage his cousin’s social networking and e-mail accounts to obtain nude photos of her over the Internet was sentenced Friday to electronic monitoring and probation. Judge Heather Sweetland sentenced Anthony Phillip Dzik, 24, of St. Paul to 45…
Google Books privacy policy: good start, much more needed
Cindy Cohn of EFF has a commentary on Google’s new privacy policy for Google Books that suggests that the new policy is better, but not sufficient. Cohen writes: Late yesterday afternoon, September 3, 2009, Google finally issued a privacy policy for Google Books, both the current service and the extensive new book-related services they hope…