Craigslist removes 'adult services' section

Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."

The move comes just over a week after a group of state attorneys general said there weren't enough protections against blocking potentially illegal ads promoting prostitution. It's not clear if the closure is permanent, and it appears to only effect ads in the United States. Read more from the Associated Press. 

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China, you've changed man...you used to be cool

In something of a turning point in Google-China relations since the search giant started redirecting users to its Hong Kong site, Google has decided to stop redirecting its huge Chinese audience to the uncensored Hong Kong website as it seeks to renew the license it holds to operate on the Chinese internet.

For the last three months, reports the New York Times, Google has found a clever way of bypassing the ethical and legal problems it has faced in Mainland China over its Government's internet and media censorship laws - to which the US company objects.

The company says that it has resubmitted an application for renewal of the license it still holds to operate in mainland China, and will be seeking a different approach to Chinese censorship.

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So called Obama 'Kill Switch' gives president the power to shut down the internet

Conservative news site, Drudge Report, linked to a story on Prison Planet, that talks about how new legislation gives the president the power to control, or effectively shut off the world wide web.

"The US Government", reads the article, "would have absolute power to shut down the internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman." Lieberman, Prison Planet alleges, has been trying to force censorship and greater control on the internet for years, and this is merely his latest foray into control of cyberspace.

Click here to read the story. 

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