“Communications Minister Sam Basil said the one-month shutdown would ‘allow information to be collected’ about people using the site for nefarious purposes.”
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/papua-guinea-ban-facebook-month-180530053406737.html
“Apple has prevented the Telegram messaging service from updating globally ever since Russia banned the service and ordered Apple to remove it from its online store.”
“There are on the order of 10,000 sales tax jurisdictions. There is substantial variation in what is or is not taxed and subtleties like coupons. ”
Read more: https://www.ebaymainstreet.com/issues/internet-sales-tax
“If you’ve ever imagined a scenario where police demand you unlock your phone and thought, ‘Over my dead body!’ — we have bad news for you.”
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/04/how-police-are-using-corpses-to-unlock-phones/
“Overcoming the evils of our age will require more than intellect and activism. It will require decency, morality, goodness, truth and toughness.”
“The Defense Department is funding a project that officials say could revolutionize the way companies, federal agencies and the military itself verify that people are who they say they are and it could be available in most commercial smartphones within two years.”
“Over a period of seven months, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray cited the inflated figure as the most compelling evidence for the need to address what the FBI calls ‘Going Dark’ — the spread of encrypted software that can block investigators’ access to digital data even with a court order.”
“A man in Sweden faces up to two years in prison over a Facebook post in which he said Somalis typically have low IQs, despite technically being correct.”
“Theresa May says new laws are needed to outlaw the online abuse and bullying of politicians and other public figures.”
“What constitutes material that is abusive or offensive is highly subjective. Under Hancock’s plans, that judgement, for the most part, will be left in the hands of the big social-media companies.”
Read more: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/internet-safety-just-means-internet-censorship/