Old PCs Go To Jail
News Meanwhile, critics have blasted prison labour as unfair both to the inmates and to the private sector because of wages that are well below those paid outside prison walls. Since we have refused to embrace producer responsibility, we're relying on...
[February 16, 2002, 6:31]
Hackers Rule OK
News Despite this extraordinary behaviour, Whitely served only two months in prison in 1990. Whitely claimed to have gathered evidence of Conservative government surveillance of the Labour party and CND. Endorsing the view that one politician is as good...
[December 27, 1999, 6:05]
HP, Dell Scrape A Pass In Green Report Card
News Last year the computer maker was singled out as an "environmental laggard" but achieved second place behind HP this time round after committing to phasing out the controversial use of prison labour in its recycling schemes and initiating a...
[May 19, 2004, 17:55]
Brace Yourself For Green Legislation
Leader Under increasing pressure, the company has done much to improve its standing with environmental groups recently -- not least discontinuing its use of prison labour in the US to dismantle old machines.
[September 9, 2004, 13:05]
Dell Wants More PCs Recycled
News Initially, Dell hired Unicor, which uses prison labour, to disassemble machines for recycling. Dell and the National Recycling Coalition are kicking off a programme to teach universities and other institutions how to run computer-recycling programs.
[October 10, 2003, 9:45]
'Clean Up This Internet Effluent Now'
Talkback The offence of 'DISTRIBUTING UNREQUESTED INFORMATION OF ANY TYPE' commits the SPAMMER, Virus Writer, Phisher etc.on first offence) to a minimum jail sentence of TEN years hard labour WITHOUT parole and WITHOUT access to any and all forms of I.T...
[May 11, 2004, 22:45]
Recycle Your Old PCs
News The SVTC advises that you make sure you're working with a recycler that's signed its pledge to avoid using prison labour or shipping e-waste to poor countries. Computer-related waste remains a local and global problem, despite the progress made...
[April 24, 2006, 12:05]
UK Government Scoops 'Internet Villain' Nominations
News Failure to prove innocence could result in a prison sentence. The Home Office has come under massive criticism over the past years for several laws that have been introduced under Labour, most notably its draconian Regulation of Investigatory...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
Reporters Without Borders Lean On Yahoo Over China
News Then, in February, the group reported that Yahoo turned over information that led to the arrest of Li Zhi, a 35-year-old ex-civil servant from the south-western province of Dazhou, and an eight-year prison sentence in 2003.
[April 13, 2006, 9:35]
GSMA Warns Against Text-roaming Price Caps
News Earlier this month, the Press Association reported that an IT worker from Greater Manchester was landed with a bill of £31,500 after downloading some music and an episode of TV show Prison Break via a mobile broadband card while on holiday in...
[July 17, 2008, 9:16]
Pressure Grows On Government To Scrap Snooping Bill
News The section of the bill causing most controversy from a civil liberties standpoint is the section which requires a suspect unable to hand over decryption keys to prove that he/she never owned them or face a two year prison sentence.
[June 7, 2000, 8:44]
Surveillance: Government Plans E-surveillance - Part 2
News Refusal, regardless of whether a person has the key or not, could result in a two year prison sentence. Labour MP and head of the All-party Internet group Derek Wyatt, believes law enforcement and developing the Internet is meeting head-on at...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
