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global minilinks for 2008-12-02

DEEPLINKS BLOG
By Danny O'Brien
December 2, 2008

global minilinks for 2008-12-02

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  • Citizen Safeguards Struck Out in EU Council
    La Quadrature Du Net analyse the latest moves in Europe's telecoms package - still a mixed bag for protecting rights online.
  • Inside Italy's Net Filters
    An overview of the "P-Box" - the bespoke Debian install intended to filter content at Italian ISPs.
  • Google's Gatekeepers
    The New York Times investigates who decides when Google is told to block content.
  • Internet Users to Expect "Remote Searches" from EU Police?
    The EU's five year cybercrime plan include proposals for government-permitted trojan software and "joint investigation teams" (rightsholders and police working together).
  • Nokia Wants Law to Allow Snooping on Finnish Employees
    After lobbying by the phone giant, Finland considers allowing businesses to examine the email logs of workers suspected of leaking secrets.
  • Michael Geist - Why Copyright?
    Canadian thinkers, artists and businesspeople speak out on copyright in this film by Michael Geist and Daniel Albahary.
  • Studying Chinese Blog Censorship
    Rebecca Mackinnon takes a closer look at what goes on when private companies aid in domestic censorship.
  • Anger at Indonesian Tagging Plan
    Country plans to plant RFIDs in "sexually aggressive" HIV positive citizens.
  • Obama and IP
    Senior Phillippines IP Attorney hopes Obama will bring change to the international intellectual property policies of the United States.
  • Four Google Officials Face Italian Trial for Third-Party Video
    Video upload prompts unknown charges against the employees of the company hosting it.

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