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UK surveillance law overhaul sparks privacy row
AFP, Published on 02/03/2016
» LONDON - Britain's security services and police would have their right to trawl in bulk for online data boosted under a proposed new law to recast surveillance powers published Tuesday.
Russian MPs back 'right to be forgotten online' law
AFP, Published on 17/06/2015
» MOSCOW - Russia's lower house of parliament on Tuesday gave initial backing to a bill requiring Internet search sites to remove access to inaccurate and outdated personal information, despite protests from the country's biggest search engine, Yandex.
Iran blocks websites for reporting on reformist ex-president
AFP, Published on 28/02/2015
» TEHRAN - Iran has blocked two news websites after they published reports about former reformist president Mohammad Khatami and pictures of him, state-run IRNA news agency said Friday.
US hopes EU will pool airline passenger data
AFP, Published on 12/02/2015
» WASHINGTON - The United States wants the European Union to pool data on airline passengers to bolster security and prevent Islamist extremists from staging attacks on the West, US officials told lawmakers Wednesday.
Amazon counter-attacks French ban on free deliveries
AFP, Published on 11/07/2014
» PARIS - Amazon has decided to counter a new law banning it from offering free deliveries in France by charging customers just one centime (1.4 cents) for books dispatched to their homes.
Pakistan's parliament votes to lift ban on YouTube
AFP, Published on 06/05/2014
» Pakistan's parliament on Tuesday voted unanimously to lift a ban on YouTube, in a non-binding resolution that was nonetheless welcomed by free speech campaigners as an important symbolic move.
Police in Turkey disperse protest against Internet curbs
AFP, Published on 09/02/2014
» Turkish riot police Saturday used tear gas grenades and water cannon to disperse more than 2,000 people demonstrating against new Internet curbs that have sparked alarm at home and abroad.
Alarm over 'Big Brother' Turkish Internet curbs
AFP, Published on 07/02/2014
» Turkey drew fire over new Internet curbs portrayed as protecting privacy and the young but which critics say will stifle free speech and accelerate a slide towards authoritarianism.
Alarm over Turkey's 'Big Brother' Internet curbs
AFP, Published on 06/02/2014
» Turkey drew fire Thursday over new Internet curbs portrayed as protecting privacy and the young but which critics say will stifle free speech and accelerate a slide towards authoritarianism.
Germany, Brazil call for UN action on spying
AFP, Published on 08/11/2013
» Germany and Brazil on Thursday called on the United Nations to back action to limit cyber snooping amid a backlash against US spying on its allies.