We have often dealt with those abuses committed by governments about Privacy and we have often focused on the fact that not only  dictatorships are involved in such cases but also Western democracies have had some problems with censorship and illegal  Internet users monitoring.  

Last blow to Internet freedom comes from one of the organizations that should preserve it: The United nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) ...

The organization declared the intention of buying Sealand,  a former British naval platform six miles off the eastern shores of Britain that has been designated a 'micronation', and claims to be outside the jurisdiction of the UK or any other country.

The Middle East Media Research Institue   declared that on January 1, 2007 the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) announced the imminent release of new computer software called "Mujahideen Secrets." 

The advertisement depicts such software as “"the first Islamic computer program for secure exchange [of information] on the Internet," and it provides users with "the five best encryption algorithms, and with symmetrical encryption keys (256 bit), asymmetrical encryption keys (2048 bit) and data compression [tools]."

A bill has been recently approved in Turkey  as a countermeasure against indecent broadcasting and online gambling. This measure will give  the national Information technology Security Agency the authority to block any broadcast that is believed to threaten state security, as stated in Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code.

  As reported on  January 4th by the Turkish  web newspaper Yeni Safak,  the approval of the bill has re-opened the debate about  freedom of expression on the Internet in Turkey  because according to the new draft , the IT Security Agency will work as a sort of “huge eyes” with the task of suing any violation of the controversial Article 301.

The UK website Muntadaa.net  has recently issued a call to British Muslims to travel to Somalia and fight alongside Islamist forces there, currently under attack by Ethiopian troops and their Somali allies .

Muntadaa is part of a wide network managed by a group of British jihad supporters known as 'The Followers of Ahl Us-Sunnah Wal Jamma' (original group formed by Omar Bakri) and specifically,  the forum where the above announcement has been posted  on December 28th is defined as “A forum for those who endeavour to be like the  Prophet (SAW) and his companions(RA)”.

For the first time in Pakistan, the responsible in a "cracking-for-ransom" case was arrested by authorities

This was the announce made  by The Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)  last week and immediately reported by the Daily Times of Pakistan.As a FIA agent declared, authorities arrested a man named Waqas Abrar for hacking into e-mail systems of the Center for Development and Peace Initiative (CDPI).