Aussies probe Google snooping

The Aussies have launched a police inquiry into Google's street-view snooper sweeps, reports the Daily Telegraph.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/google-spying-sparks-police-probe/story-e6freuzi-1225876162806

Communications Czar Stephen Conroy, who has been promoting a government-run internet filter, termed Google's actions a gigantic breach of privacy. Google Asia opposes the "net nanny" legislation.

Facebook in Iceland has apparently come under hacker attack.
http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2010/06/05/facebook-iceland-under-hacker-attack/

Here's the link to the N.Y. Times story on commie "journalism":
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/asia/04china.html

And here's a link to a Facebook page on NSA warrantless wiretapping:
http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/NSA-warrantless-surveillance-controversy/110525432303684

The groups ARTICLE 19 and International Media Support are calling on President Viktor Yanukovych and his administration to ensure that Ukraine upholds its commitments to freedom of expression and in particular press freedom under the European Convention of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Since the end of February 2010, the press freedom situation in the country has eroded, the press groups assert.