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CNN Blocks Australian Access To Facebook Pages After Court Ruling

Not unexpected. After Australian court made publishers liable for user comments on their Facebook page, CNN pulls the plug

Users in Australia complain after Google blocks local websites, after Australia seeks to force tech firms to pay for news content

Despite its social networking site being blocked in China, Facebook plans “innovation hub” for that country

The illegal use of mobile phones within prisons is back in the news with the arrival of tiny keyfob mobile phones

Porn blocking has been announced - through the Daily Mail - without research and without listening, says Tom Brewster

David Cameron reverses decision issued by Department of Education last week

Oops! Microsoft product labels the Free Software Foundation's donation page as a gambling site

The British National Party's website is for over-18s only on some mobile networks, something the Open Rights Group has taken umbrage with

ISPs should be forced to provide a censored internet feed to protect children from "adult" content, say MPs

A committee of MPs have said social networks should not be closed or blocked during civil disorder

Access to one of the biggest file-sharing websites was disrupted last week after a IWF blacklist problem

The OpenDNS malware protection service will detect and block all DNS requests to known malicious servers