Archive for December, 2011

President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today, allowing indefinite detention to be codified into law. As you know, the White House had threatened to veto an earlier version of the NDAA but reversed course shortly before... Full story

The New Year is upon us, and you might be partaking in the tradition of making a resolution for the coming year. This year, why not make a resolution to protect your data privacy with one of the most powerful tools available? Commit to full disk encryp... Full story

As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. 2011 saw what many had written off as impossible... Full story

The year of Internet censorship wouldn't be complete without the SOPA soap, the row between Megaupload and Universal, three-strikes plans and the countless other censorship attempts and anti-piracy actions that were carried out in the second half of the year. Luckily, there were also a few positive things to report on.Source: 2011: Striking Pirates and Stopping SOPA Full story

Looking back at the past 12 months it's fair to conclude that 2011 was the year that the entertainment industries focused on piracy-fueled Internet censorship. Domain seizures, DNS blockades, raids and arrests dominated the news, and the threat of the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US left millions of Internet users worried. Let's see how events unfolded. Source: 2011: Piracy Wars and ... Full story

As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights on 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. EFF has long been concerned about the Computer Fra... Full story

One of the most often-heard retorts to the domain blocking provisions of SOPA, is that where there's a will to circumvent them, there will be a way. Although most people know that VPNs and proxies can prove useful, there is also a new generation of solutions such as those provided by MafiaaFire and Newzbin2. But history shows us that for every trusted solution, dozens more ... Full story

RTI presenter Hermann Aboa was released provisionally from Abidjan's main prison this afternoon after five months in detention. He continues to face prosecution on charges of threatening the nation's defences, attacking and conspiring against state authorities, undermining national territorial integrity, participating in an armed band, participating in an insurrectional movement and attacking public order. Reached by telephone shortly after being freed, Aboa told Reporters Without ... Full story

Which ACLU lawsuit did The New York Times write about this week? Who has been stopped by a district court from detaining or arresting people solely because of their race? In which state did the Justice Department block a voter ID law? What rights ... Full story

Basil Al-Sayed, a 24-year-old citizen journalist based in the western city of Homs, was shot in the head by the security forces while filming the latest bloodbath yesterday in the Homs district of Bab Amr and died while being taken to hospital. Sources said Al-Sayed had been filming street protests and their dispersal by the security forces ever since the start of the uprising in ... Full story