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Home Office preps fudgetastic ISP data rules

Cash-strapped Whitehall gives small ISPs free pass

13 Oct 14:10

Disconnection still terrifies freetards

Despite being off the cards for now

13 Oct 13:37

Euro judges strengthen protections for database creators

Sides with University of Freiburg in poem row

13 Oct 09:56

Porn, abuse, depravity - and how they plan to stop it

Policing the Internet Part one: Strangling content

9 Oct 11:12

EC wants pan-Euro online shopping laws

Now all we need is pan-Euro shopping police

9 Oct 06:02

$236m judgment lands on mom and pop spam shop

Bulk Mailing 4 Dummies

8 Oct 20:39

Son of state lawmaker charged with Palin email hack

'No interwebs for you!'

8 Oct 17:05

Mosley asks Europe to change UK privacy laws

'I should have been told first!'

7 Oct 10:05

Reading privacy policies takes 10 minutes on average

Too long to read: Researchers

7 Oct 09:28

The Obscene Publications Act rides again

Girls Aloud case heads for court - net holds its breath

6 Oct 11:26

Anonymous plans zombie Scientology protest

You've got red on you

6 Oct 11:07

T-Mobile joins data breach elite

17 million customer records go missing

6 Oct 08:15

Feds: Search engine bride was tax evading prostitute

Ask Jeeves for 'A Touch of Brazil'

2 Oct 18:07

Blizzard awarded $6m in WoW bot case

Glider crash and burn

1 Oct 18:09

Apple faces iTunes case in Norway

Negotiations with Apple prove fruitless

1 Oct 08:02

Movie giants sue RealNetworks over DVD copying software

First day on sale

30 Sep 20:47

'Extreme' extreme porn law puts Scots out of kilter

Proposals would criminalise material allowed in rest of UK

30 Sep 11:51

How an Italian judge made the internet illegal

New technology? It's all a mistake

26 Sep 11:40

Woman sues EA over 'secret' Spore DRM

Digital rights rage

26 Sep 02:16

Microsoft threatened on antitrust non-compliance

Settlement at sixes and sevens

25 Sep 21:52

'You can't use Google' - EU Parliament

Euro legislation leaves crucial hole

25 Sep 11:58

EPO staff strike over patent quality

Accuse office directors of profiteering

25 Sep 09:08

Net Suicide Bill would breathe life into government censorship

Protecting us from ourselves

24 Sep 09:25

Malaysian blogger 'detained' for two years

Dubious charge of insulting Islam

23 Sep 12:11

Fines all round! EU blames everybody for illegal employment

Takes aim at contractor chain, hits entire market instead

23 Sep 11:33

Turkish court bans Dawkins' website

Comment Squawking over Dawkins

22 Sep 16:09

Police drop BT-Phorm probe

Exclusive 'Move along please, nothing to see'

22 Sep 14:30

Google's IP 'anonymization' inadequate, says EU watchdog

Hearings with Mountain View imminent

19 Sep 16:59

Danish court jails six in terror T-shirts case

Radical chic ends up in prison wear

19 Sep 13:15

US blogger to enjoy Singapore jail

3 months for insulting judge

19 Sep 09:19

McKinnon supporters plan US embassy demo

Last stand against extradition?

18 Sep 10:07

Paedo case expert Jim Bates arrested on child porn charge

Operation Ore campaigner has collar felt

17 Sep 11:52

Judge: Breath test firm must hand over source code

Electronic kit told to walk the line

15 Sep 18:41

Judge safeguards anonymous web commenters

Like a reporter's sources

15 Sep 18:10

Web designer sues Brat City for assaulting hyperlink

Can you link wherever you like? Maybe not

11 Sep 20:50

OiNK BitTorrent admin faces fraud prosecution

Uploaders to be hauled before the beak, too

11 Sep 09:25

Judge attacks 'bits of legal boilerplate, bolted together'

When lawyers turn (into) word processors

11 Sep 09:13

Yes, there was a viable liquid bomb plot

Jury gives bomb makers benefit of doubt on target

10 Sep 13:18

Bury council carries can over spycam binmen

RIPA-drunk authorities recruiting child informers

10 Sep 08:52

Scientology critics fight YouTube takedown notices

Push Me F*ck You

9 Sep 11:34

Doctors rally for right to call UK.gov quangonista a 'sh*t'

Free speech row 'threatens career'

9 Sep 11:14

Shiny suits call monopoly shenanigans on GooHoo!

We! Ain't! Done! Nuffin!

8 Sep 09:49

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