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Netflix Is Actively Trying to Get Pirate Sites Blocked by ISPs
ISPs are increasingly being used as tools of censorship.
Facebook Starts Funding University Research Projects to “Counter Hate Speech”
Facebook is now turning to academia to get make the subjective term “hate speech” more credible.
Australians Who Use Free Public WiFi in McDonalds of Coffee Shops Could Be Giving Data Over to Police
Australia’s attitude to public surveillance is second only to China.
The Design App Canva Has Suffered a Major Hack
Data for 139 million users were also present in the database.
Game of Thrones Broke Piracy Records
It’s been the most pirated show of the last decade.
Australia Is Set to Be the Next Open Surveillance State
A China-style social credit is on the way to Australia, a new report suggests.
In Australia, Political Parties Are Exempt From Privacy Laws – And They’re Making the Most of It
Australians would be “disgusted” if they knew the data political parties were collecting.
Australian PM Proposes Oppressive New Social Media Laws
It would be some of the strictest laws in the world for social media use.
Australian Report Reveals the Problems With Email Tracking in Political Campaigns
Email tracking is on the rise.
Australia Wants Tech Companies to Censor Content Even Faster, Doesn’t Care That It’s Technically Impossible
Australia threatens tech companies with jail time.
Australia Joins New Zealand in Eroding the Digital Civil Liberties of Its People in the Wake of the Recent Terror Attack
Australia internet providers have blocked Voat, ZeroHedge, Archive.is, LiveLeak and others, thus directly contravening civil liberties.
Google Is Building “Shadow Profiles” of Its Users, Tech Company Oracle Claims
Google – that started off as an internet search company, but is now often accused of making its billions by tracking users’ activities and then making this data available to “3rd party” advertisers – has recently been under fire at home as well.
