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
Right now, prostitution is an Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
Chinese citizens, frustrated by censorship in their own country, are using the White House’s petition site to complain. Original post on motherjones.com Comments on reddit.com
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Western Wall Plaza in protest against female activists exercising a court-affirmed right to pray at the holy site. Original post on latimes.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
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
For 102 hours last week, nothing seemed certain in the manhunt that paralyzed Boston and its residents. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
An Indiegogo campaign set up by Anonymous to expand its news coverage through a dedicated site, rather than its existing Twitter and Tumblr services, has closed with over $54,798 in… Original post on thenextweb.com Comments on reddit.com
Searches on Bing returned five times more links to malicious websites than Google searches, according to an 18-month study from German independent testing lab AV-Test. Though search engines have worked to suppress malicious results, the study concluded that malware infested websites still appear in their top results. Original post on pcmag.com Comments on reddit.com
Several reporters say they have been threatened with arrest in the course of their work on the Pegasus spill. Original post on motherjones.com Comments on reddit.com
The Pirate Bay is now the most-visited file-sharing site on the Internet, taking over the lead from prominent one-click hosting sites such as 4Shared and Mediafire. After a spectacular rise in the early years of this decade cyberlockers are quickly losing ground, while BitTorrent sites continue to grow. This shift in balance can be attributed to the Megaupload shutdown, and the changes in the cyberlocker market that followed. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
The people of Reddit aren’t taking kindly to a straightforward new plea from the site’s co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, questioning whether acts of sexism on the site have served to Original post on theatlanticwire.com Comments on reddit.com
Northern Virginia officials worry clandestine CIA site could block effort to lure FBI headquarters. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
(Reuters) – Seven U.S. Marines were killed and seven others injured during a training exercise at a military ammunition storage facility in western Nevada, U.S. military officials said Tuesday.The explosion Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Rupert Murdoch’s influence could eventually extend in ways that would make his grip on satellite television seem parochial, says Victor Keegan. Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Most people have never heard of the Mozilla Foundation, so it may come as a surprise to hear it being lambasted as a major threat to the survival of Americ Original post on consumeraffairs.com Comments on reddit.com
PANAMA CITY — A student who allegedly hacked into the wireless Internet network at Florida State University Panama City and redirected users to a porn site is facing felony charges. Original post on newsherald.com Comments on reddit.com
Find the flight you want with Hipmunk. Original post on hipmunk.com Comments on reddit.com
From the blog Off the Cuff: “I was always a weird kid. My dad can certainly attest to that,” Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, told “Off The Cuff.” “He’s still waiting for me to outgrow a lot of that, but it’s not happening. I’ll be thirty … Continue reading Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
The Free State government’s director general says it paid R40m for its website redesign. The website is powered by WordPress – a free blogging platform. Original post on news24.com Comments on reddit.com
Cookies from sites you visit? Good. Everything else? Blocked by default. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As their mother lay dead in the middle of the night, a 4-year-old Oregon girl dragged her seriously injured younger sister from a crashed car and the two huddled under a blanket — and waited.With the mangled car stuck deep in the woods, and no skid marks on the highway, the crash site was nearly impossible to detect.In fact, authorities estimate the sisters were alone in the frigid woods for several hours as many motorists passed it by Wednesday morning.The girls didn’t get help until two commercial fishermen spotted what appeared from a distance to be a basketball-sized gash in an alder tree along State Highway 401 between Astoria, Ore., and Naselle, Wash. Kraai McClure and Scott Beutler travel the two-lane road frequently, and had a gut feeling something was wrong.The men slowed down, discussed the situation and decided to turn around and go take a look. McClure said he called 911 to see if there had been any reports of a wreck during the night. There weren’t.Beutler, who was a first responder when he lived in Mississippi, went into the brush and signaled McClure to alert authorities. Original post on ap.org Comments on reddit.com
There are no signs that The Pirate Bay will disappear anytime soon, but pirate preppers anticipating such a doomsday scenario can now download an updated and improved copy of the world’s most resilient BitTorrent site. A backup of all crucial data has been packed into a tiny 75 megabyte archive, small enough to carry with you at all times. The archive of more than 2 million magnet links has received a seal of approval from The Pirate Bay team and is now up for grabs. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
TPB spokesperson, apparently with no irony: “We are outraged by this behavior. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Buried beneath a dirt road in the middle of the New South Wales central tablelands lie a few thousand of our ancestors. Original post on theage.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Exclusive: Inside A Secret CIA Prison In The Polish Countryside | Worldcrunch – Great stories from the world’s best news sources Original post on worldcrunch.com Comments on reddit.com
All stories about a disgraced researcher get pulled by WordPress. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Editor’s Note: Brenden Mulligan created Onesheet, a tool that enables musicians to create beautiful web presences in two minutes. MySpace. Or is it My.. Original post on techcrunch.com Comments on reddit.com
