Thursday, November 19th, 2009
European Parliament and the Council has adopted Directive that requires user consent to internet cookies. Directive will be in force across the European Union within 18 months.
See: Directive amending Directive 2002/22/EC, 2002/58/EC and 2006/2004 (PDF).
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Today I stumbled upon one piece about Estonian digital revolution. Report is interesting though superficial.
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Last week Reporters Without Borders issued a report entitled “Enemies of the Internet” in which it examines Internet censorship and other threats to online free expression in 22 countries.
“The 12 ‘Enemies of the Internet’ - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam ...
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
It seems Economic police (EP) recently closed Latvian torrent tracker outlaw.lv. Website is closed down with announcement "Thanks to EP, tracker temporarily closed".
In last August police closed another torrent tracker - file.lv.
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
New book of Jonathan Zittrain The future of the internet and how to stop it is out. As Lawrence Lessig putsit: This book will redefine the field we call the law of cyberspace. You can buy usual print version or download book (as PDF file) for free. Book is published ...
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