As we sift through the daily papers and figure that all the world’s mainstream media are suddenly either Catholic or fascinated about reporting the Vatican’s new series “Pope X-Factor” (no, not really, but it’s a good idea) – one thing stands out the most. Black smoke = no pope. Whilst the entire population of Pope [...]
The UK has officially joined the handful of countries enabling Gay Marriage to be officially recognised after much debate between religious and conservative groups. The Marriage Bill – often referred to as the Same Sex Couples Bill – will enable same-sex couples to marry in both civil and religious ceremonies. Couples who have previously entered [...]
See the original story on Aaron Swartz’ death here Following the suicide of Reddit and RSS co-creator Aaron Swartz, the conservative extremists at the Westboro Baptist Church punctually announced it would protest – and by their standards, celebrate – at his funeral. The Westboro Baptist Church announced its plans to protest Swartz’s funeral in a [...]
We wanted to cover this story…but then we realised we have already done so time and time again – so in a way, this is a friendly ‘bump’ for our lengthy feature regarding video games and the blame they take for violent psychopaths. Meet Jack Thompson : An Annoyingly Conservative Activist Jack Thompson has always [...]
What are the safest domain names to register? Where should I choose a web host? What country is the best for serving a service that won’t ban me? How can I avoid website or domain seizure? — We’ll cover it here! Governments and [physical] online policy groups have adopted procedures of seizing domain names as [...]
Good ol’ birther Donald Trump has (as expected) hurled an infuriated attack on Twitter after the news that Barack Obama will run a second term. He also said Obama’s re-election was a “great and disgusting injustice”. Trump has since deleted some of his Twitter posts, yet in the day of digital media – anything you [...]
THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO OUR STORY: AUSTRALIA INTRODUCES NEW LEGISLATION FORCING ISP’S TO STORE WEB HISTORY FOR 2 YEARS. Despite the criticism that has arisen since our last post, Nicola Roxon, the Attorney-General of Australia, is still backing plans for ISPs to store user data for up to two years. The Australian Government’s [...]
Iconic game World of Warcraft is just one of several online games to have suddenly been inaccessible from Iran. Blizzard are claiming that they were forced to “tighten up sanctions”, gamers are alleging that Iran had previously threatened against the developer for reasons relating to the sensitivity of the country’s religion. Many Iranian players bombarded [...]
The U.K. and Ecuador are head-to-head over a letter in which the Latin American nation claims Britain threatened to "assault the embassy" if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not handed over. Britain’s Foreign Office has stated that the British diplomats were merely drawing the Ecuadoreans’ attention to laws which allow London to strip a renegade [...]
New York legislators are thinking through a new statute that would actually ban anonymous speech on the Internet. This – so far – is only being brought forward for any site that operates in New York or allegedly anyone commenting from a NY IP Address but still. See the bill in question here via WordswithMeaning! [...]
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