Protests Organizing Over ‘Big Brother’ Stockholm Program
The issue should not go through silently, at least this was the sentiment of some people who are watching the formation of the Stockholm Program. The program is said ...
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Pirate Party of Canada Currently Seeking Membership
It may have taken a while, but the Pirate Party of Canada is finally on the road to forming. When asked about what's currently happening, Jake Daynes of the ...
Masthead Editorials Critical of Canadian Surveillance Legislation
There's a pair of editorials found in two major news outlets in Canada that are critical of the new surveillance legislation the Conservative government of Canada tables in parliament. ...
Austrian Newspapers Want to Use Data Retention to Enforce Copyright
There's some startling news appearing out of Austria recently. The Association of Austrian Newspapers have demanded that ISPs hand over IP addresses of those that could be found to ...
Canadian Surveillance Legislation Dissected – Bill C-47
We've already looked at Bill C-46 and added commentary from the perspective of a common Canadian citizen who just happens to have a background in journalism. In ...
Canadian Surveillance Legislation Dissected – Bill C-46
The new surveillance legislation in Canada has been causing waves, but today, we are finally able to actually read the legislation for the first time and the two bills contain ...
Will Pirate Party TOR Nodes Be Used for More Than Iranian Free Speech?
There's been particularly distressing news being reported today from 5 different countries for those who have believed in civil rights on the internet. Meanwhile, it seems that the Pirate ...
German Mandatory DNS Blacklist Blasted By Critics, Protests Emerge
France, Australia, Britain, Canada, Iran and China aren't the only countries either deliberating on or actively using mandatory DNS blacklists. It seems that there is an all-out PR war ...
Canadian Government Introduces Mandatory ISP Level Surveillance Legislation
It's a kind of surveillance that will involve absolutely no court oversight. If the past lawful access consultations were anything to go by, it seems that the Canadian government ...
Politician Discovers Equating Pirate Party Supporters to Rapists a Bad Idea
The argument falls on an age old argument against privacy - that if you have nothing to hide, why should you be worried about privacy. Unfortunately for feminist politician ...
UK Spy – Gov’t Logging Your Web Activity Saves Lives
Stop us if you've heard this one already - we must forgo our privacy and allow the government to log all of our activity on the internet to prevent a ...
French Cybercrime Expert Discusses Loppsi 2 Legislation
It's been one of the more heated debates surrounding technology in France today. The Loppsi 2 law proposal which would allow the French government to censor websites and allow ...
Report – Russian Police Chief Wants Internet Anonymity Abolished
On the heals of the first ever Russian raid against a BitTorrent site, the Russian interior minister is now demanding that an anonymous internet should be abolished according ...
EFF, ACLU Vows to Appeal Dismissal of Warrantless Wiretapping Case
It's been a very long battle between civil rights groups and the NSA, but after all this long and drawn out battle, it appears as though civil rights organizations have ...
Swedish Government Wants to Force ISPs to Retain Data for 6 Months
A newly leaked government report is suggesting that the Swedish government is planning on implementing a new law that would force ISPs to retain all user information for a period ...
Could the Economic Crises Kill UKs National ID Card Scheme?
British privacy advocates may have found an unlikely ally in the fight against the UKs national ID card system - the economic crises. The National ID card has become ...
An International Look on Why Canada Shouldn’t Consider Surveillance Legislation
The Canadian government made signals that it wants to reintroduce the modernization of investigation techniques which brought forth the infamous “lawful access” provision. Is this a good idea when ...
Exclusive: ZeroPaid Interviews Open Rights Group
Many things have been happening surrounding your rights on the internet and a number of these things are occurring in Britain. We interviewed Open Rights Group to get a ...
It’s Now Legal for Police to Hack Your Computer Without a Warrant in Britain?
If it's the job of the government to safeguard the interests of citizens, it's sure hard to tell these days with moves like this.
Fresh on the heals of ...
Blogger Writes from Inside the Newest Police State on the Planet
What would it be like if all those anti-privacy laws you keep hearing about passed? Just ask someone who lives in India.
When it comes to countries in North America, ...
