From the "Too-dirty-for-our-ears" Department: The Guardian reports that the major US TV networks rejected a Kotex tampon advertising campaign that dared use the "V" word. Even references to "down there" were considered to be too disturbing for prudish American TV-viewers. Maybe the networks would have been happier if the campaign used Southpark-style, potty-mouth slang (and the word we dare not mention).

The professional porn watchers at the Australian Censor Board have decided that women with small boobs should not be allowed in porn productions.

The Guardian reports that schools in Southern California have banned the dictionary because it contains words parents do not like. Here is a word that you will find in any dictionary, "Stupid"!

Last week the Guardian newspaper published internal Barclays Bank documents allegedly providing information on Barclays' alleged $16 billion tax avoidance scheme. The courts instructed the Guardian to take the documents off-line, which they did. Someone should have told the management of Barclays Bank that legal action would simply draw more attention to the whole debacle and that it is impossible to remove information from the internet. You can see the documents at wikileaks.org or by following the link to Techcrunch.

I have a good chuckle whenever this happens to me: "A student at the University of Calgary was put on academic probation for making the following post on a group titled, "I no longer fear Hell, I took a course with [instructor's name]:""

Soooo, is it kiddy porn? An interesting case. Incidentally, the IWF were forced to back down on this one after being mocked throughout the free world.  I would have thought that there professional kiddy porn viewers would have known better. For more see BBC article.

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.

"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. "

The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet.

"Australia’s getting more regulations for Internet content. After extending the capabilities of Australian authorities to block certain web content, a new verification rule by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is rolling out the Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Act of 2007, and it doesn’t look pretty. The rule is being enforced to protect children from adult content on the Internet, including mobile devices."