Internet access, e-mail accounts and personal Web pages will be progressively rolled out to 1.2 million NSW public school students by June 2003, in what is being touted as one of the largest projects of its kind in the southern hemisphere. And to go with it are strict filtering and censoring guidelines, which will undoubtedly end up censoring legitimate sites required for research rather than the terrifying spectre of porn that they claim to target
Authors of e-mails and Internet postings that contain racist or xenophobic material may face criminal charges under a proposed European treaty that is dividing the Internet and law enforcement communities. The proposal, drafted by the Council of Europe, would essentially outlaw the publishing of hate speech on the Internet. Welcomed by law enforcement agencies, it has been slammed by Internet firms as impossible to enforce
Once again South Carolina’s state government has proven that it can’t be trusted with the personal information it demands from its citizens. Last week South Carolinians learned that — without their knowledge or permission — the state had created a DNA library on their children
Five market traders — the so-called metric martyrs — have lost their High Court battle for the legal right to trade in pounds and ounces. Lord Justice Laws, sitting with Mr Justice Crane, rejected their claim that domestic law provided a loophole which meant European Union directives does not apply in England and Wales
Exonerated by DNA testing after 15 years in prison, Bruce Godschalk was released, despite the resistance of the district attorney
British Telecommunications has claimed it owns the patent on hyperlinks and should receive payment for their daily use by millions of people. However, 82 year-old programmer, Bob Bemer, claims his creation of escape invalidates BT’s hyperlink patent
The prime minister has been asked to explain claims Australian citizens were spied on when private phone calls were intercepted by intelligence agencies and passed on to the government
The Federal Privacy Commissioner’s office has begun investigations into complaints about non-compliance with Australia’s new privacy legislation
France’s highest court upheld a three-month jail term this week for José Bové, hero of the international anti-globalisation movement, over his ransacking of a McDonald’s restaurant to protest US trade barriers
The Government took a significant step yesterday towards introducing Britain’s first compulsory identity card scheme since the Second World War, invoking a furious response from civil libertarians and anti-racist groups
A popular Indian film actor has crammed himself into a tiny cage and gripped its wire mesh to appeal for compassion for chickens as part of a campaign by an international animal rights group
The American Academy of Paediatrics, which offers guidance to parents on child-rearing issues from spanking to nutrition, is announcing its support today for the right of gay men and lesbians to adopt their partners’ children
Laws that outlaw men kissing in public and criminalise homosexual behaviour in private homes will be repealed by the Government in a revamp of legislation against sexual offences. Ministers are preparing to announce that the Victorian criminal offence of gross indecency, which singles out gay men and which was used to prosecute Oscar Wilde, will be scrapped. They will also repeal the offence of buggery, as well as the crime of soliciting for an immoral purpose
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Two years after a complaint against SOCOG’s official Olympic Games web site hit the headlines, Australian businesses still have a long way to go in making their web sites accessible to people with disabilities
One of the Howard Government’s most senior advisers on immigration resigned in disgust at the Government’s treatment of asylum seekers.
Neville Roach, appointed by the Immigration Minister, Philip Ruddock, to chair the Council for Multicultural Australia, said compassion seem[ed] to have been thrown out the door
Your access to the web is being censored by the Government but it refuses to reveal exactly what it is we are not allowed to see
Hounded by pet lovers, South Korean dog meat proponents were forced to postpone a major event planned for this week to promote canine cuisine and fight off international critics
The CIA has recruited British defence and hi-tech companies in an attempt to acquire the latest technology for its spying missions and intelligence-gathering — Labour MPs protest that this would give the CIA the power to snoop on any house in Britain
The US government now claims that Congress has the power not only to extend existing copyrights, but also to restore the copyright of work that has entered the public domain and that copyright is totally immune from First Amendment scrutiny
Most consumers are not aware of their right to financial compensation if time frames for phone connections and fault repairs aren’t met by telco players, according to an Australian Communications Authority survey
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