"Between Friday night and Sunday morning, a massive deletion operation took place at the European Internet address register (RIPE) to scrub references to a cover used by Germany's premier spy agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND. The cleanup operation comes the night after Wikileaks revealed over two dozen covert BND networks provided by T-Systems (Deutsche Telekom). The IP addresses were assigned to an unregistered company at a Munich-based PO box linked to T-Systems. "

From ze land of ze free...German politico in a froth after his Stasi background and allegations of his boyfriend-beating tendencies land-up on Wikipedia.

Ontario (Canada): A website designed to enable carpooling and help the environment has been fined for operating an unregulated transportation company....

Licking Valley High School, Ohio: A 15yo child has been arrested for producing kiddy porn, after she took nude pics of HERSELF and sent them to some friends. The friends might be charged as well for RECEIVING the pictures. PS And I am not joking about the school's name :)

"Defendants can't deny police an encryption key because of fears the data it unlocks will incriminate them, a British appeals court has ruled."

"The Communications Data Bill (2008) will lead to the creation of a single, centralized database containing records of all e-mails sent, websites visited and mobile phones used by UK citizens. In a carnivore-on-steroids programme, as all vestiges of communication privacy are stripped away, The BBC reports that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says this is a 'necessity.'"

"For a second consecutive year, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell’s award-winning "And Tango Makes Three," a children’s book about two male penguins caring for an orphaned egg, tops the list of American Library Association’s (ALA) 10 Most Challenged Books of 2007. "

"Kentucky, of course, is a big horse racing state, so perhaps it should come as no surprise that the state has strict anti-online-gambling laws..."

From the land of the free (no...not Germany...)..."Last year, it (DHS) quietly changed its policies to allow customs and border guards to read and copy any personal papers the traveler has, even without "reasonable suspicion" or "probable cause.""

Pittsburgh schools have adopted a policy that sets 50 percent as the minimum score a student can receive. District spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said, the 50 percent minimum gives children a chance to catch up and a reason to keep trying.