Vivienne Traynor reports: The Supreme Court has ruled that a seizure of a computer from convicted murderer Patrick Quirke’s home was unlawful. However, the court is to hear further arguments on the consequences of its decision and whether or not Quirke’s conviction will stand. The court was giving judgment on [Read More…]
Eric Goldman writes: This is not the first time my blog has been subject to right-to-be-forgotten (RTBF) takedowns. See, e.g., this post (scroll down for the updates). But every time the RTBF is applied to my blog, it’s probably a wrongful application of a misguided policy and worth relaying here. Here is [Read More…]
Fatma Tanis reports: You see it as soon as you land at the airport: posters telling women to keep their headscarves on. They’re everywhere in Iran; in malls, restaurants, billboards above main highways, and even rest stops in between cities. The hijab remains the official law in Iran. But these [Read More…]
Mateusz Maszczynski A flight attendant aboard a Lufthansa flight that was shaken by severe turbulence while flying from Austin, Texas, to Frankfurt earlier this month reportedly ordered passengers to delete photos and videos they had captured of the carnage inflicted upon the cabin, according to two passengers who shared their [Read More…]