Last Friday, there were news reports, like this one in the BBC, that the Twitter account of Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab, had been suspended by Twitter. Apparently, some of its more outrageous tweets violated the Twitter terms of service. Of…
The normally perspicacious Spencer Ackerman of the Danger Room at Wired, posted a story on a British start-up that promises a private navy to protect commercial shipping from pirates (for a jolly fee, of course). However, Ackerman ignores the 800…
First National Bank, one of the oldest banks in South Africa, has announced that it will close all accounts held by any person or entity listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list of the U.S. Office of…
An article in the New York Times describes a report by Citizen Lab, a Canadian Internet research firm, that reveals that equipment useful for Internet surveillance and censorship manufactured by California-based Blue Coat is being used by repressive regimes such…
ABOVE: Aurel Fratila and Bianca Brad According to this article, a Romanian court has approved the extradition to the United States of former Romanian Ministry of Defense official Aurel Fratila. He is accused by U.S. prosecutors of attempting to export…