These articles have been tagged under 'legal' by the bigmouthmedia team.
Digital Economy Bill in danger of being 'rushed' through parliament
Lord Mandelson's controversial legislation has been approved by the House of Lords and may be rushed through parliament without proper debate.
House of Lords ruling could block YouTube
The approved Digital Economy Bill looks set to vastly revamp the way sites hosting or linking to material infringing copyright are dealt with.
Facebook gets news feed patent
Facebook has been awarded a patent for its dynamic news feed of user activity.
Competition complaints lodged against Google
The European Commission has received three complaints against Google that threaten competition in the search engine market.
Government withdraws plans to cut off illegal file sharers
Lord Mandelson's unpopular decision to restrict internet access for users of peer to peer file sharing sites has been withdrawn by the government.
Windows users offered choice of web browser
Microsoft is to begin offering Windows users in Europe a choice of web browser for the first time, following a legal agreement with the European Competition Commission.
Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal approved by regulators
The landmark search deal between the two internet giants has been approved by regulating bodies in the US and Europe.
Student suspended over Facebook page sues
Former high school student, Katherine Evans, has been told her case against her former high school can now go ahead.
Iran announces plans to suspend Gmail
The Iranian government has announced its intent to permanently suspend Google's email service replacing it with a national email service controlled by the state.
US Government agency to analyse Google attacks
In an unprecedented meeting, the world's largest web search company, Google, will be coming to an information-sharing agreement with the National Security Agency, a powerful digital surveillance department of the United States government.
