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George Carlin Dead of Heart Failure

June 23rd, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, link tips, notes, politics

Carlin, who died at the age of 71, was an American author, comedian and actor known for his dislike of taboos and defence of Free Speech.
A recording of his Seven Dirty Words monologue, which after being aired by a radio broadcaster caused a 1978 American Supreme Court ruling establishing that the F.C.C. can regulate what [...]

Google suspends Finnish Pirate Party related blog

May 25th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, notes, politics

The process of properly establishing the Finnish Pirate Party took a leap forward this weekend.
A blog covering the party’s constitutive meeting in real time has however been suspended by Google/Blogspot. Xuenay, one of the party leaders writes the following on his personal blog:
I just got back from the founding meeting of the Finnish Pirate [...]

The Police threatens maintainers of Finnish anti-censorship mirrors

March 1st, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, politics

A seemingly never ending series of absurd statements from officials continued yesterday, as Detective Chief Inspector Lars Henriksson from the National Bureau of Investigation commented the ongoing debate over Internet censorship in Finland. He threatened maintainers of mirrors of the wrongfully censored anti-censorship site lapsiporno.info (mirror) with possible legal actions. The censorship is made possible [...]

Finnish university disables student’s anti-censorship mirror

February 29th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, notes, politics

Yesterday, the Finnish IT magazine Tietokone confirmed that a user’s directory on the home page server of Helsinki University of Technology (HUT/TKK) was taken down due to it containing a copy of the wrongfully censored anti-censorship site lapsiporno.info (mirror). The article hints that the student’s access to other parts of the school’s IT services may [...]

Join the protest against Internet censorship in Finland on 2008-03-04!

February 27th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, notes, politics, technology

Due to recent steps taken by Finnish authorities towards weakening Freedom of Speech, a demonstration will be held outside Eduskuntatalo/The House of Parliament in Helsinki.
On Tuesday 2008-03-04 12:30 PM preparations will begin outside Kiasma, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the protest in scheduled to begin at 1 PM outside the Parliament. The protesters will attempt [...]

Internet “child porn” censorship in Finland

February 15th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, notes, politics, technology

The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation maintains a secret list of “child pornography” sites. Some major Finnish ISPs, although currently not required by law to do so, do block access to sites on this list.
The blocking, which is performed on the DNS level, has been criticized, especially since lapsiporno.info (“childporn.info”), a site discussing the practice [...]

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