This week in #imweekly: UK anti-porn filters causes several controversies, Russia threatens to block taboo language online, Australia considers educating citizens in geolocation circumvention, web developers claim the U.S. is requiring master encryption keys and a Texas man is charged with operating a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.
In this update of our "Cloud Computing, Cloud Polluting?" post last month, we examine several recent developments to improving the efficiency of data servers and recent reports with valuable policy recommendations.
In a joint press conference with President Obama last month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel referred to the Internet as “Neuland”—literally, an “uncharted territory”—in response to a question about PRISM. Since then, the Internet has exploded with the #Neuland meme.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in cities across the United States and Europe last week as part of the "Resore the Fourth" rallies aimed to call attention to government surveillance. What comes next for the movement?
Videos of a man filming people in public draw the ire of those on camera but raise questions about expectations of privacy in an age where institutions and individuals can easily and legally record others. Removal of the videos on various sites also highlights free speech and copyright concerns.
As people share more about their thoughts and actions on social media and as algorithms grow more sophisticated, law enforcement’s ability to mine such information for clues into how to prevent crimes raises concerns of profiling and questions of oversight.
Digital data centers worldwide use 30 billion watts of electricity each year, prompting questions about the effect of "the cloud" down here on Earth.
This week Tunisian turned the building responsible for Internet censorship before the Arab Spring into a hackerspace and wifi hotspot, it was discovered that Pakistan has been using filtering technology managed by a Canadian company, human rights activists investigate the Mexican government's use of FinFisher, and Facebook leaked 600 million users' email addresses and phone numbers.
New details about PRISM, Saudi Arabia temporarily blocks access to messaging service Viber, and phishing attacks against Gmail users in Iran.
Two weeks before Iran's presidential elections, the US government has lifted sanctions preventing the export of communications technology services to Iranian Internet users.