According to cnet news, TorrentSpy, one of the largest BitTorrent trackers has been shut down in the USA. This is what they say about it themselves:
TorrentSpy’s decision to stop accepting U.S. visitors was not compelled by any court. Rather, it arises out of an uncertain legal climate in the United States regarding user privacy and […]
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Calls for YouTube Closure by Teachers
Teachers have called for websites like YouTube to close because of teacher and pupil bullying according to BBC News. A motion claims videos of pupils and teachers being attacked have been posted on YouTube. “Nobody should be subjected to such humiliation anywhere, let alone in their place of work.”
This […]
According to BBC news, they threaten to use their anti-terror laws against bloggers who insult either the king, or Islam. This is after 11 years of avoiding online censorship altogether.
Developments like this are why I support privacy software and anonymous browsing. One of Internet’s most important uses is in my opinion free speech in places […]