So I guess there's not much in the way of internet censorship news going on, I wonder what happened to

"Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt received Ofcom's Code of Practice last December, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport tells us. The Code is the first step in implementing the Act and defines obligations for ISPs and copyright-holders for ( Read more... )

I am going to quietly hope that this Bill does get the go-ahead in the coming months, and that it will not get slashed to pieces and have a million dangerous riders added to it, as vain as that latter part may be. I would dearly like to see other things on it such as the removal of the IMP, but it's still one of the most sensible proposals I've ( Read more... )

Holy crap, Assange has been granted bail. I honestly didn't see that coming, even at the rather hefty price tag.

"A West Midlands blogger has been charged with terrorism offences for allegedly using a blog to list members of parliament who voted in favour of the Iraq war ( Read more... )

Background for the non-UK people: yesterday saw a lengthy demonstration take place outside of the Conservative HQ, protesting the planned rise of student university fees. At present, a domestic student will generally pay about £3,000 a year for tuition, but the groundwork has been laid and the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition has signed off ( Read more... )

In its departmental business plan, published today, the Home Office said it aims that "key proposals [will be] implemented for the storage and acquisition of internet and e-mail records" by June 2015 ( Read more... )

I'm really getting sick of this inability to stay up beyond 10pm thing I seem to have going on right now; every time I try I promptly fall asleep, find I've typed something incomprehensible at about 4am, then wake up as the light comes through my window. This is not success.

Meanwhile, what the bloody blazes?

"The “pay-load” data collected by ( Read more... )

Maybe I should make a tag for these.

"Police are to be stripped of the power to stop and search anyone for no reason, the Home Secretary has announced.

Theresa May told the Commons she will limit Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 so members of public can only be stopped if officers "reasonably suspect" they are terrorists." -- SourceWow, we ( Read more... )