• Global Online Freedom Act To Get Hearing
  Rep. Chris Smith's bill to force companies to comply with US government standards on censorship, filtering and privacy in certain countries moves ahead.
• Egyptians use Facebook to Deter Censorship
  Dissidents collectively acting online to organize real world protests.
• China Beats US for Internet Population
  Now has 221 million users, to United State's 216 million.
• Jailed Chinese Journalist Shi Tao's Poem Follows Olympic Torch's Route Online
  The string of online activists jailed by the Chinese government dogs its Olympics preparations.
• Bypassing a Laptop's Fingerprint Login - Using Its Own Dirty Mouse
  Kim Cameron shows that a laptop has plenty of finger marks to undermine its own security system.
• Declared Income of All Italian Citizens Posted on Web
  Not a data leak, but a deliberate attempt to "fight tax evasion" by the outgoing Italian administration.
• A Short Film Commemorating the 1943 Dutch Population Registry Attack
  In occupied Holland, the resistance had to take desperate measures to stop misuse of collected personal data.
• EULAs in the UK
  British consumer groups and lawyers are becoming more and more concerned by EULA language.
• Google Hands Over Personal Data to Brazilian Authorities
  After fighting against revealing Orkut identities, Google has finally given data on 300 users to a Brazilian senate committee.
• Russian Prosecutors Eye Internet Censorship
  "The new proposal is for any website deemed to have hosted extremist material to be blocked by providers in Russia 'within a month,' Sizov said."
• Performing Rights Society Doing Well From Internet
  The UK collecting society is benefitting from a deal with YouTube and other digital platforms.