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U.S. Financial Regulator onto Bitcoin…Megaupload vs. US Gov’t… A guide to staying anonymous online..Linkedin is 10

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U.S. Financial Regulator Considering Setting Rules for Bitcoin from Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai   U.S. Govt. Attack on Megaupload Bears Hallmarks of ?Digital Gitmo? from TorrentFreak by Robert Amsterdam Digital Gitmo, by Robert Amsterdam New Zealand is celebrated worldwide for its human rights. Renowned as being the first country in the world to grant suffrage … Read more

PEW report says Online Political Engagement Can Lead to Offline Activism… EFF Surveys Major Tech Companies’ Privacy and Transparency Policies…A Cyberculture roundup…

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What Is TPP? It’s the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA from EFF.org Updates by Katitza Rodriguez and Maira Sutton and Maira Sutton The United States and ten governments from around the Pacific are meeting yet again to hash out the secretTrans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) on May 15-24 in Lima, Peru. The TPP … Read more

Cool! “WikiLeaks wins court case against VISA Iceland”, How the record industry killed legal P2P… and a cyberculture roundup…

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WikiLeaks Wins Battle Against Visa, MasterCard by Alex Fitzpatrick WikiLeaks wins court case against VISA Iceland for blocking funds from The Next Web by Jamillah Knowles   Member of European Parliament sends “Thank you for fighting ACTA” email with 2K emails on the CC line by Cory Doctorow Lee sez, As part of my protest … Read more

The European Parliament rejects ACTA, ACTA is dead for the moment… A cyberculture roundup…

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The European Parliament rejects ACTA, with a 478 to 39 majority from The Next Web by Paul Sawers Back in January, 22 European Union states, and the EU itself, signed the controversial ACTA treaty, which many argued could lead to severe restrictions on freedom and civil liberties on the Internet. Whilst protests did follow, and … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: Divided European leaders agree to recapitalize banks…

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Morning Brief: European leaders agree to recapitalize banks from FP Passport by Uri Friedman   Morning Brief: European leaders divided as summit begins from FP Passport by Joshua Keating European leaders divided as summit begins And They’re Off…For the 19th time by Open Europe blog team The EU summit has officially kicked off in Brussels, … Read more

Europarl Committee Rejects ACTA, Tor anonymity, Linus Torvalds reflects on Linux and more.. A cyberculture roundup..

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Final Europarl Committee Rejects ACTA: Internet-Lobbyists, 5-0. from TorrentFreak by Ernesto A lot of prestige had been building up toward today?s vote in the International Trade committee (INTA), which was about to give its recommendation to the European Parliament on the ACTA treaty. Six months ago, it looked like a no-brainer. Then, protests on the … Read more

A massive Eurosphere roundup… After Greek elections and more…

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MAIN FOCUS: Greece poised to form government | 19/06/2012 from euro|topics Following the parliamentary elections in Greece the conservative Nea Dimokratia party and the socialist Pasok plan to form a government today, Tuesday. Both support the country’s austerity programme. The result of the election may have bought Europe some time but the country’s bankruptcy is … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Pirate Bay vs. Anonymous, Cybarmegeddon, New smartphone user research, “Few Companies Fight Patriot Act Gag Orders

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Pirate Bay to Anonymous: DDoS is censorship, cut it out from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow A good-tempered rebuke from The Pirate Bay to the Anons who staged a raid on Virgin Media in protest of the ISP’s participation in blocking The Pirate Bay for its customers: More Americans Worried About Cybarmegeddon Than Terrorism, Study … Read more

a Cyberculture roundup: US copyright enemies list, Facebook ‘Organ Donor’, Digital Activism, CISPA, the Pirate Bay

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US copyright enemies list is worst ever, including countries whose crime is poverty from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Michael Geist sez, The U.S. Trade Representative released its annual Special 301 Report [an annual enemies list of countries judged not to be doing enough to police US copyrights] yesterday, unsurprisingly including Canada on the Priority … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: Facebook’s European lobbying; The far right; Breivik trial and more…

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Facebook wants to double Brussels staff (to 4 people) and intensify European lobbying from The Next Web by Robin Wauters French Presidential Candidate’s Video to Attract Minorities by Abdoulaye Bah The far right takes root in Europe , Mariano Aguirre from open Democracy News Analysis – by Mariano Aguirre Anders Behring Breivik?s attacks are part … Read more

From US, Europe to Iran, internet freedom under threat… a cyberculture roundup

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ACTA: The State of Play in the US from EFF.org Updates by maira In the last few weeks, we?ve seen surprising and significant developments with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in both the US and the EU. As we?ve noted before, ACTA is a plurilateral agreement designed to broaden and extend existing intellectual property enforcement … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Proxy War Against The Pirate Bay; Facebook buys Instagram, Instagram alternatives emerge…

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Proxy War Against The Pirate Bay Heats Up from TorrentFreak by Ernesto Last October the Antwerp Court of Appeal ordered two Belgian ISPs to block subscriber access to 11 domains connected to The Pirate Bay. The local anti-piracy movement applauded the landmark verdict which opened the doors for further censorship attempts. However, this cheerful mood … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Pirate Bay servers going airborne; ?Anonymous-OS?; and more…

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Europe: Will ACTA Treaty Pass After Protests? from Global Voices Online by Danielle Martineau [All links forward to French articles unless stated otherwise.] As of the end of the month of February 2012, the mobilization efforts of Internet users against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) [en] were still going strong. In fact, they may have … Read more