The law brought sweeping new powers, allowing authorities to force technology companies to hand over user data and to censor posts.
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Copyright Directive legislation voted down by European Parliament
The EU has voted down controversial copyright legislation, but the war’s not over: a second vote is scheduled for September.
China vows to “clean the internet” in cybercrime crackdown, 15,000 arrested
The Ministry of Public Security in China said this week that 15,000 people have been arrested since the launch of a major anti-cybercrime operation called “cleaning the internet.”
Facebook login system blocked by Great Firewall of China causing DDoS panic
China’s Great Firewall has been intercepting the Javascript module from Facebook Login, redirecting users to an unexpected pair of websites.
Greatfire.org faces daily $30,000 bill from DDoS attack
GreatFire.org, a site that monitors websites blocked by the Great Firewall of China, has been hit with a massive DDoS attack.
Internet freedom weakens around the world
In its fifth annual study, Freedom House assessed developments in 65 countries that occurred between May 2013 and May 2014 and found that internet freedom is declining for the fourth consecutive year, with 36 of those countries seeing loss of freedom over the covered period.