One of the first countries in the world which implemented ISP level blockade on The Pirate Bay will see renewed legal actions starting Monday that will see film and TV studios demanding…
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Court orders search engines to de-list, ISPs to block DPstream, Fifostream and Allostreaming
In what could be dubbed as the king of all DMCA takedown requests, Paris High Court has ordered Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to de-list all infringing URLs belonging to three video portals…
Facebook testing ‘read it later’ feature
With an aim to encourage people to read and share news articles and stories and to increase engagement Facebook is reportedly testing a new feature, which will allow users to save shared…
Brits hunting for Project Free TV alternatives after ISP blockade
Multiple sites including Project Free TV, PrimeWire and Yify torrents were blocked in the UK by all major ISPs on November 22 after a court order. Users flocked to Reddit and social networking…
Nine new gTLDs including .guru, .singles, .clothing up for grabs
Internet Corporate for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced the availability of nine new gTLDs including .guru, .singles, and .clothing. To be made available from January 2014 publicly, the new gTLDs…
Russian court orders The Pirate Bay founder to take down Rutor.org, Kinozal.tv
A Russian court has joined the ‘punish Gottfrid Svartholm’ bandwagon and has held Gottfrid Svartholm responsible for copyright infringements that take place though Rutor.org and Kinozal.tv. Svartholm is listed as the registrant…
India to supplant US to become Facebook’s biggest market soon
With more and more Indian users joining Facebook every day, India is soon going to replace US to become the social networking giant’s number one market. Addressing the 2013 Paley International Council…
Anti-censorship org asks Google, Eric Schmidt to lead the way
GreatFire.org, an anti-censorship organization, has urged Google and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to lead the way and call on China’s bluff and end its web censorship by following two simple steps. Charlie…
David Cameron welcomes internet porn filters
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed family-friendly internet porn filters being offered by ISPs stating that such filters were required to keep children from ‘stumbling across hardcore legal pornography’. Cameron was…
Project Free TV, YIFY, PrimeWire blocked in the UK
Movie industry in the UK is having a ball as far as blocking of sites allegedly involved in piracy is concerned as courts have asked UK ISPs to enforce a blockade on…
Eric Schmidt: Global internet censorship to end within a decade
Addressing audience at Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday, Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, made a bold prediction saying that global internet censorship will within a decade. In his lecture, Schmidt said that…
Wiki-PR is engaged in ‘sockpuppetry’ says Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia has threatened a Texas-based public relations company of dragging it to court after the online encyclopedia found out that Wiki-PR was involved in creating promotional content for its clients on the…
Emergency Alert service announced by Twitter
Twitter has rolled out its new emergency alert service in collaboration with police forces and the environment agencies to send messages to those who have signed up to the service during emergencies…
Nominet revives .uk domain names plan
Nominet has announced its revival plans for the shorter .uk domain names starting summer 2014 enabling organizations in the UK to opt for a shorter ‘name.uk’ domain name in lieu or /…
Marissa Mayer: Yahoo to extend encryption to all its products by 2014
Yahoo on Monday resolved to extend encryption to all its services and products by early 2014 amidst reports that government agencies specifically the NSA was intercepting server traffic between Google and Yahoo…