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Brazil Proposes Laws to Outlaw Foreign Data Storage

Brazil has proposed new laws that would force e-businesses selling to Brazil-based consumers to store personal data about said customers on local servers ...

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UK Newspaper’s Hard Drives Next to Suffer Over NSA Leaks

Alan Rusbridger, the editor for The Guardian, wrote a column Monday detailing how British law enforcement had destroyed hard drives at the newspaper's offices in London ...

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UK Detains Partner of Leak-Publishing Journalist

The partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist with The Guardian who has published a slew of articles detailing National Security Agency surveillance programs, was detained for nearly nine hours Sunday at London's Heathrow Airport ...

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PRISM Prompts Deeper Probe of US Tech Players

China's Ministry of Public Security and a cabinet-level research center are teaming up to probe IBM, Oracle and EMC over security issues ...

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Al-Qaeda Mocked After Seeking Suggestions on Twitter

A recent tweet from Al-Qaeda asking for ideas on the "development of jihadist media" set off a deluge of responses mocking the extremist group ...

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Library’s Web Filter Decides Hamlet Access Not to Be

A British man was unable to access Shakespeare's classic Hamlet at a public library because the library's WiFi network detected "violent content." ...

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Norway Nixes Apple’s Oslo Ogling

Norway's government will not allow Apple to take aerial photos of Oslo, the Norwegian capital, in the company's quest to create 3D images for its mapping app ...

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Russia to Host Snowden Family Reunion

Lon Snowden, the father of famed leaker Edward Snowden, and the family's lawyer have obtained visas to travel to Russia, where Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum as the U.S. seeks to extradite him on federal charges ...

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Chinese Web Giant to Reimburse for Search Scams

Baidu, a Chinese Web company and operator of the country's top search engine, will reimburse users for scams carried out by websites that appear in its search results ...

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Chinese News Agency Earnestly Reports Satirical News on Bezos’ Post Purchase

Comedian and writer Andy Borowitz has risen to pretty heady comedic heights. His Borowitz Report, a satirical chronicle of daily news -- one election season headline read, "Weather Forces Romney to Shift Lying to Other States" -- was picked up by The New Yorker and is frequently the Most Popular item on the high-brow site ...

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Jackie Chan Pummeled on Chinese Social Media

Movie star Jackie Chan, the Chinese kung fu aficionado who has appeared in more than 150 films, is taking loads of flak for posts on Chinese social media ...

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Russian Social Network Tycoon Offers Job to Snowden

Hot air, maybe. But it's Edward Snowden, so it's news. ...

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Bad Apple: China Investigating Alleged Supplier Pollution

In what amounts to a serious environmental breach or a continuation of China's anti-Apple PR blitz -- or both -- Chinese regulators are scrutinizing a pair of Apple suppliers in China over pollution allegations ...

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Chinese Video Game Simulates Real-World Island Dispute

Glorious Mission Online, a first-person shooting game launched in China and codeveloped by the People's Liberation Army, lets gamers defeat Japan in the fake quest to take back real islands ...

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UK Archbishop Kicks Over Lender’s Table, Starts Own Biz

Not for the first time, Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and the archbishop of Canterbury, took a jab at UK-based online lender Wonga, claiming he told Wonga's CEO, "we're trying to compete you out of existence." ...

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2 Brits Jailed for Courtroom Web Use

Two men from near London, a 21-year-old and 29-year-old, have each been sentenced to two months in jail following contempt of court convictions for misusing the Internet while serving on a jury ...

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Australia May Tweak Copyright Laws to Knock Down IT Prices

Australia has recommended changes to copyright law that would allow Aussie citizens cheaper access to IT hardware, software and digital downloads after a parliamentary inquiry found no good reason for prices to be so high Down Under ...

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Huawei Gets Anti-Porn Tech Right, UK Says

Britain is simultaneously investigating and praising Chinese telecommunication firm Huawei ...

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Beijing’s ‘Water Army’ Swamps Social Media

Long known for its out-and-out censorship, Beijing now appears to be filling Chinese social media with pro-government messages ...

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Finnish Vote Imminent on Crowdsourced Copyright Law

Lawmakers in Finland will vote on a crowdsourced legislative proposal that, if approved, would change the nation's copyright laws ...

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