US government forces shut down of websites outside borders

US government agencies including the Department of Justice and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have seized the domain names of 150 websites accused of selling counterfeit products, including sports jerseys, handbags and shoes. The targeted websites, based outside the US, are engaged in “outright theft,” said Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general…

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Germany Orders Agencies to Shut Down Facebook Pages

German data watchdogs ordered federal agencies to shut down their Facebook pages and remove “like” buttons from their Web sites, suggesting that anyone who uses Facebook will have their online activity tracked. “All institutions in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [must] shut down their fan pages on Facebook and…

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