The Federal Government has confirmed its financial regulator has started requiring Australian Internet service providers to block websites suspected of providing fraudulent financial opportunities, in a move which appears to also open the door for other government agencies to unilaterally block sites they deem questionable in their own portfolios. Original post on delimiter.com.au Comments on reddit.com
The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been called the Original post on vice.com Comments on reddit.com
The FBI has some strange ideas about how to “update” federal surveillance laws: They’re calling for legislation to penalize online services that provide users with too much security. While it’s not yet clear how dire the going-dark scenario really is, the statutory “cure” proposed by the FBI — with fines starting at $25,000 a day for companies that aren’t wiretap capable — would surely be worse than the disease. Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
He says the fight is already over, and ad cookies are dead. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
Microsoft has placed a wifi-enabled print ad in Forbes to promote its Office 365 software, providing free internet to those who keep the magazine with them. Original post on springwise.com Comments on reddit.com
The Obama administration is on the verge of backing an F.B.I. plan for an overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate by Internet rather than phone. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
A Vancouver teacher says his career has been derailed by an ex-girlfriend who won’t stop posting countless defamatory and offensive comments about him on the web. Original post on cbc.ca Comments on reddit.com
A quantum internet capable of sending perfectly secure messages has been running at Los Alamos National Labs for the last two and a half years, say researchers Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
The 16-year-old who admitted to torturing and killing cats in Gothenburg is being hounded on the internet, with threats directed at the teenager and his family on forums like Flashback, which was also instrumental in the police investigation. Original post on thelocal.se Comments on reddit.com
Norway is taking steps to tackle websites like The Pirate Bay to eliminate online copyright infringement by amending the Copyright Act. The revisions are popular in parliament and if passed will grant authorities the right to block sites at the ISP level. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Right now the rules of what you can—and can’t—say on the internet are being rewritten by twenty-something tech executives. Cross your fingers. Original post on tnr.com Comments on reddit.com
Remember how Google Fiber’s recent announcement for planned service in Austin by 2014 spurred immediate competition from AT&T? It’s safe to say Original post on engadget.com Comments on reddit.com
Deutsche Telekom’s plans to introduce data throttling for landline contracts have been met with indignation from many sides. Critics fear that the internet community could be split into two classes. Original post on dw.de Comments on reddit.com
Heads up, Google Fiber: A rural Vermont telephone company might just have your $70 gigabit Internet offer beat. Original post on wsj.com Comments on reddit.com
Company owner, an ex-domain squatter, threatens libel suit to stop negative social media. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
A home science experiment that probed billions of Internet devices reveals that thousands of industrial and business systems offer remote access to anyone. Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
Google’s ultra-high-speed Google Fiber Internet service won’t be accessible to the bulk of Americans for quite some time, but the revolutionary service’s impact is already being felt even by those who don’t subscribe to the service. Original post on bgr.com Comments on reddit.com
RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Netflix added three million subscribers—two million at home and one million outside the US—in the first three months of 2013, returning the subscription video service to profitability and sending its stock up nearly 25% in after-hours trading. Here’s a look at Netflix subscriptions over the past seven quarters: There are several ways to look at… Original post on qz.com Comments on reddit.com
The internet is bracing itself for a blackout in protest against CISPA on Monday, as the controversial law makes its way to the US Senate. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
The cofounder of the popular social news site Reddit has called on the leaders of Google, Facebook and Twitter to help defeat a controversial cybersecurity bill that would compromise the privacy of their users if passed by lawmakers. Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
Anonymous Press Releases & News from the inside Original post on anoninsiders.wordpress.com Comments on reddit.com
Amendment was shot down that would have required warrants before police could peruse shared information for any evidence of hundreds of different crimes. Read this article by Declan McCullagh on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Dan Gillmor: Cyber-security is a real problem, but Congress’ latest Cispa bill tries to solve it by attacking the freedom of the internet Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A stealth attack by Senate leadership on Thursday demolished key provisions of the STOCK Act requiring electronic filing of financial disclosure statements and a new database of the information they contain. Original post on opensecrets.org Comments on reddit.com
IFPI wants governments worldwide to facilitate plans to tackle online piracy, whether voluntary or not. The music group’s CEO Frances Moore mentions the U.S. six-strikes program as a prime example. On paper the agreement between copyright holders and ISPs was voluntary, but Moore reveals that Vice President Joe Biden was one of the driving forces behind it. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a second massive cyber attack against Israel, dubbed #OpIsrael. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Note to Microsoft: The Internet infrastructure in the U.S. is just not ready for a product like a game console that would require an Original post on neowin.net Comments on reddit.com