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Why the IWF was wrong to lift its ban on a Wikipedia page
EDITORIAL: The Internet Watch Foundation faced a storm of criticism this week
over its decision to add a Wikipedia entry to a blacklist of pages that ISPs block. Under pressure, the IWF removed
the image from its blacklist. That decision was a mistake.
11/12/2008
Web accessibility moves forward as WCAG 2.0 comes into force
The de facto standard for web accessibility was updated for the first time since
1999 today. Version two of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG 2.0, has been published following
several years of development and debate.
11/12/2008
Meg Whitman loses bid for governor domain names
Former eBay chief Meg Whitman has lost a claim for megwhitman2010.com and four
other domain names that she says exploit her fame. An arbitration body said that
fame is not enough to assert common law trade mark rights over a name.
11/12/2008
Company Names Tribunal's first ruling: Coke Cola needs a new name
A company called Coke Cola Limited has been ordered to change its name and pay
£700 to the Coca-Cola Company in the first ruling issued by the UK's
newly-formed Company Names Tribunal.
10/12/2008
'Feck' is not an offensive word, rules ASA
A poster for Magners cider that featured the words 'Feck off bees' has been
cleared by the UK's advertising watchdog. The word 'feck' is unlikely to be seen
as a swearword, said the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
10/12/2008
Is filming someone in the street a breach of privacy?
A 40-year-old woman is suing a Croatian TV station after it filmed her in public
and then featured her in a documentary about obesity. Gordana Knezic was
shopping in Zagreb and did not know that she was being filmed, Ananova reports.
09/12/2008
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