US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) stalled a bill on Friday that would allow the federal government to block websites allegedly participating in copyright infringement. The Combatting Online Infringement and Counterfeit Act (COICA) aims to discourage...
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The US House of Representatives voted Monday to ban animal cruelty or crush videos, revising the 1999 legislation that was struck down by the US Supreme Court ...
Google on Monday urged the international community to ensure the free flow of online information by respecting global trade regulations and establishing new rules to protect against limitations on the Internet....
A judge for Nigeria's Federal High Court in Lagos ruled Monday that an amendment to the 1999 Nigerian Constitution made by the National Assembly (NASS) cannot become operational law without the assent of the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the first preliminary challenge to the recently enacted health care reform law . Former California lawmaker Steve Baldwin, along...
Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Saturday sentenced Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammed Seifzadeh to nine years in prison and a 10-year ban from practicing law. Seifzadeh was charged ...
The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Ankara on Saturday lifted a nearly three-year ban on YouTube after disputed videos were removed from the site's content. A German-based international licensing service owned by a Turkish...
Somalia was once again ranked the most corrupt country by Transparency International (TI) in its 2010 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released Tuesday. The CPI measures the abuse of entrusted power for private gain...
Former Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Monday pleaded guilty to all five charges against him, including conspiracy, murder and aiding the enemy. Under the terms of the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld the constitutionality of an Illinois statute mandating a daily moment of silence in public schools. The court rejected arguments that the Illinois Reflection...
