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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
The rapid growth of the internet and social media are causing major legal headaches globally, with no clear-cut agreement on how to control content, a law lecturer says.
By AAP | 21 May, 2012 13:26
A military judge has refused to dismiss the charges against a US Army private accused in the biggest leak of government secrets in the country's history.
By AAP | 26 April, 2012 09:04
US authorities' treatment of WikiLeaks suspect Private Bradley Manning is "cruel and degrading", the UN special rapporteur on torture, Juan Ernesto Mendez, says.
By AAP | 06 March, 2012 08:19
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has begun publishing more than five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor, the anti-secrecy group says.
By AAP | 27 February, 2012 12:45
The Global Square, an online global collaboration platform for activists backed by WikiLeaks among others, plans to have a functional prototype by March, its sponsors said.
By John Ribeiro | 15 February, 2012 20:21
It's been All WikiLeaks, All the Time here in Cringeville lately. And why not? As I noted last time out, this is the biggest thing to hit the WebberNets since Tim Berners Lee dreamed it up 20 years ago. We're still unraveling the implications and probably will continue to do so for months if not years.
By Robert X. Cringely | 11 December, 2010 10:42
It's not an exaggeration to say that the recent Wikileaks scandal has shaken the Internet to its core. Regardless of where you stand on the debate, various services have simply refused to handle Wikileaks' business -- everything from domain-name providers to payment services -- and this has led to many questioning how robust the Internet actually is.
By Keir Thomas | 11 December, 2010 11:35
In recent weeks WikiLeaks has been targeted by denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, had its hosting service shutdown, been bounced off of Amazon hosting, had its funding through PayPal, MasterCard and other sources shut down, and its leader arrested on sexual assault-related charges. The fact that WikiLeaks remains stubbornly and defiantly online holds some lessons for other sites when it comes to resilience and survivability.
By Tony Bradley | 09 December, 2010 07:29
In early March, two human rights lawyers from Kenya were on their way to give testimony about illegal killings by police when their car was blocked and they were shot dead at close range.
By Dan Nystedt | 28 October, 2009 09:56
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