Student Expelled for Tweeting - Garrett High School, Indiana 30 Mar 2012 | 05:33 am

An Indiana high school expels a student for a silly, profane tweet, even though it seems to have been sent at 2:30 a.m. The school suggests that it may track all of its students' tweets, regardless of...

Execution for Tweets 10 Mar 2012 | 07:17 am

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Disturbing Images Are Now Illegal in Tennessee 13 Jun 2011 | 08:01 pm

A new Tennessee law makes it a crime to "transmit or display an image" online that is likely to "frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress" to someone who sees it. Violations can get you almost...

The Protect IP Act - Protecting you against yourself 13 May 2011 | 01:20 pm

As expected, it appears that a new version of COICA is on its way, and it looks like those behind it have ramped up their efforts to make the positioning sound better. Rather than COICA, it's been ren...

Five years in jail for linking to videos? 14 Mar 2011 | 01:56 am

You may want to think twice the next time you share a link to your favorite video. In a case against a New York website owner, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is claiming that merely linkin...

Venezuela tightens restrictions on internet content 23 Dec 2010 | 12:03 pm

CARACAS — The Venezuelan parliament passed a law banning for the first time Internet content that promotes social unrest, challenges authority or condones crime, fueling outrage by the opposition. Th...

Assange arrested in London 8 Dec 2010 | 11:00 am

London (CNN) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange handed himself over to police Tuesday, promptly appeared in court where he was denied bail, and left for jail in a police van. A judge will now decide...

The Serbian Film UK Release Most Censored in 16 Years 5 Dec 2010 | 11:34 am

Srdjan Spasojevic's A Serbian Film is due to open on December 10th in the UK, but it will not be seen the way the director had intended.  The British Board of Film Classification has deemed 4 minutes ...

Tom Flanagan: Assange should be assassinated 2 Dec 2010 | 05:13 am

Tom Flanagan has called for the assassination of Julian Assange, Ecuador doesn’t want Assange either, and Assange’s lawyer says his client is being persecuted in Sweden. Tom Flanagan is currently a C...

Slots vs voting machines 28 Nov 2010 | 01:55 pm