The folks over at Open Acta Mexico sent over their report on an open information meeting at the Ministry of the Economy in Mexico about ACTA last week. There were two oddities that they called attention to. The first is that there was an MPAA representative at the meeting, who apparently asked whether or not ACTA could be used to block access to damaging
sites like Wikileaks. As the Open Acta Mexico people asked, what does Wikileaks have to do with movies? It seems like an interesting question, though, and I’m assuming that the MPAA is using Wikileaks as an example of a site they deem “dangerous” to get the idea across, so that later when they designate other sites (say… The Pirate Bay….) as dangerous, they can use this to make the — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The owner of a Spanish old people’s home is under investigation after the deaths of two wheelchair-bound 80-year-olds he left in the back of a parked van — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The US government asked Google for user information 4,287 times during the first six months of 2010.
During the same timeframe the UK government put in over 1,000 such requests.
This is just two snippets from Google’s new Transparency Report, a set of tools designed to show censorship levels around the globe — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Vietnamese war child adopted by a British family has sold all of her possessions including a £500,000 home and sports car – to fund an orphanage in her home country — via redwolf.newsvine.com
South African police have threatened a Johannesburg Twitter user with arrest for using the social media site to tweet regular updates on police road blocks and speed cameras — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The global cost of dementia this year will be £388bn – more than 1% of GDP – and governments are unprepared to meet the challenge, according to a report released today — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Nine people have been arrested and are to appear in a South African court on Wednesday for their alleged role in a rhino poaching syndicate — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two officials at the Vatican Bank are being investigated as part of a money-laundering inquiry, reports say.
Rome prosecutors are investigating allegations that money-laundering laws have been broken, judicial sources are quoted as saying by news agencies — via richardfarner.newsvine.com
A British woman who was caught on camera dumping a cat into a rubbish bin has been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the animal — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The heavy rain across much of Queensland might be causing flash flooding, cutting off towns and grounding flights, but it is also causing some people to rejoice — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A 73-year-old Polish pensioner was shocked to find a two-metre anaconda peering up out of her toilet bowl Monday in her flat in Wroclaw, south-west Poland, local police said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Hundreds of mourners are expected at the funeral of a World War II heroine whose work as a British spy only became known after her death.
Eileen Nearne, 89, died in her home in Torquay, Devon, on 2 September, after suffering a heart attack.
It was only afterwards that friends and neighbours learned of her secret past — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A book detailing the first 40 years of the UK’s foreign intelligence service has been published.
Author Professor Keith Jeffery was given access to the archives at MI6, which has the official title of the Secret Intelligence Service — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Sweden’s Green Party said on Monday it would not support the center-right Alliance government that lost its parliamentary majority in Sunday’s election — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Unusually heavy monsoon rains over northern India have flooded villages, leaving more than half a million people homeless and submerging crops in a key sugar producing region, officials said on Monday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The animal welfare organisation, the RSPCA, says people who suspect their dog has been poisoned should contact their vet immediately — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Potential jurors for the Sydney trial of two men accused of posing as spiritual leaders to have sex with women have been told they will be presented with “confronting evidence” — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A “lost” population of tigers has been caught on camera living in the mountains of Bhutan, a discovery that could be crucial for the big cats’ survival. Their discovery has stunned experts, as the tigers are living at a higher altitude than any others known and appear to be successfully breeding. Their presence in the Bhutan highlands has been confirmed by footage taken by a BBC natural history camera crew — via richardfarner.newsvine.com
A secretive group of online investigators says it has identified more than 100 imposters who are blatantly posing as Australian war veterans, despite severe penalties for such activities — via ABC News
While debate rages on in Australia as to whether government building broadband fibre right to the home is the best option for Australia, the New Zealand Government’s fibre company Crown Fibre Holdings is looking at putting two fibres into each home as part of its Ultra-Fast Broadband initiative — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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