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Error 451
Read more: Error 451WordPress censors critical blog post about Armenian Olympic Committee President and rumoured Sochi crime lord Ruben “Robson” Tatulyan following complaint from Russian state media watchdog Roskomnadzor In October, Russia’s state media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, sent a complaint to WordPress demanding that it censor a critical blog post about Ruben “Robson” Tatulyan, President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia and…
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An “Extremist” Fights Back
Read more: An “Extremist” Fights BackProminent Muslim activist Dr. Salman Butt launches legal challenge against misleading government report labelling him a non-violent “extremist” Dr. Salman Butt, a prominent Muslim activist, has launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s Prevent strategy, claiming it breached his free speech rights. Last year, Dr. Butt was one of six so-called “hate speakers” singled out by…
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Don’t Tase Me, Bro
Read more: Don’t Tase Me, BroUK’s national police lead for armed policing Simon Chesterman defends use of tasers against children Simon Chesterman, the UK’s national police lead for armed policing, has defended the use of tasers against children in a tweet today. Commenting on an article published yesterday by The Justice Gap about a recent increase in police use of…
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WordPress Yields to Putin
Read more: WordPress Yields to PutinWORDPRESS CENSORS PUTIN-HITLER MOCK PHOTO on request of Russian state media watchdog Roskomnadzor. UPDATE, November 26, 2024: Automattic has rejected a demand from Roskomnadzor to censor this post. A couple of months ago, Russia’s state media regulator Roskomnadzor sent a complaint to WordPress demanding that it remove a doctored photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin dressed as…
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Dishing the Dirt II
Read more: Dishing the Dirt IIBurlington Police Department responds to Techdirt.com article based on my blog post re: failed attempt to censor news stories about arrests, insists someone is pretending to abuse copyright law to protect reputation Last week, I blogged about a DMCA/copyright complaint filed by so-called ‘legal agent’ Mike Ferrell who claimed to represent the Burlington, Massachusetts Police Department,…
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Dishing the Dirt
Read more: Dishing the DirtTechdirt.com publishes article based on my blog post re: failed attempt to censor journalists reporting on crime in Massachusetts [UPDATE: Massachusetts cops says someone else filed the fraudulent DMCA requests] Yesterday, Techdirt.com founder/editor Mike Masnick – and, incidentally, the man who coined the term the “Streisand effect” – wrote an article based on my November 18,…
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Down by [Copyright] Law
Read more: Down by [Copyright] LawAre Massachusetts cops trying to censor local journalists? [UPDATE: Massachusetts cops says someone else filed the fraudulent DMCA requests] Earlier this month, ‘legal agent’ Mike Ferrell filed a copyright complaint with Google¹ on behalf of the Burlington Police Department, in Massachusetts, requesting the deletion of a number of local news articles regarding arrests made by the department. In his November…
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The Brexit Effect
Read more: The Brexit Effect“They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT!” – President-elect Donald Trump Despite nearly every poll indicating that Hillary Clinton would win a landslide victory this election, Donald Trump swept the electoral vote, even taking several traditionally blue states. Call it the Brexit Effect. Though it was widely assumed that Clinton was a shoo-in to…
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