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Welcome to HTTP error code 451: Unavailable for legal reasons
There’s a new addition to the 400 family of error codes: give a hearty welcome to newcomer 451, the HTTP code that lets you …
Five strategies for reclaiming our personal privacy online
When Tim Wu published his influential book Master Switch in 2010, he powerfully argued that all communications markets began with a period of creative …
France tells Google to remove ‘Right to be forgotten’ search results worldwide
France’s privacy regulator has rejected Google’s request that it just forget about a ruling extending the “right to be forgotten” to all Google’s websites, …
India exempts social media from encryption policy
The Indian government has exempted social media applications from a new encryption policy after public uproar over the proposed measures. The new law would …
Man Arrested for Mocking Mayor on Twitter Wins Big in Civil Suit
An Illinois man who was raided and arrested last year for creating a parody account of his town’s mayor on Twitter has won $125,000 …
CISA likely coming back to Senate, amid doubts about effectiveness
Supporters of a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill will push for the U.S. Senate to pass it this fall, even as some security experts question …
U.K. Wants to Remove Links to Stories About Removing Links to Stories
Britain’s privacy watchdog wants the right to forget the “Streisand Effect.” The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office on Thursday ordered Google Inc. to remove links …
Why are some jokes being hidden on Twitter?
Joke thieves beware. Twitter has removed several humorous tweets that appear to plagiarise other people’s work, on copyright grounds. Comedians have long been frustrated …
South Korea to track mobile phones to enforce Mers virus quarantine rules
South Korean authorities will track the mobile phones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of the deadly Mers virus as …
White House Pushes to Keep Power to Shut Down Cellphone Networks
In 2005, amid reports that the London subway bombers had used cellphones as detonators, the White House secretly established the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) …
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