Here comes “Big Brother”! The new UK email law has sparked controversies. Critics say that this email law, in which Internet companies in the UK have to keep a record for every message that a person sends and receives, is a violation of human rights. “Prevention of cybercrime” is the government’s defense to this charges. [...]
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Sending an Email Hoax to Skip School
Nobody wants to go to school on a snow day: the wind is freezing and the streets are slippery. Besides, who would want to spend long hours inside a classroom when there is a snowman waiting to be made outside? A student from Utica, New York surely did not want to go to school that [...]
Frances Fisher Apologizes for SAG Awards Boycott Email
Actress Frances Fisher is in trouble for sending an email. Well, it’s not just any email. It is an email to prevent eight actors from winning a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award. As a member of the guild, Fisher is given the opportunity to choose the next set of winners for the upcoming SAG Awards [...]
Iowa Prison to Grant Email Privileges to Inmates
The inmates of Mitchellville State Women’s Prison are in for a treat. Iowa’s Department of Corrections recently launched a project that allows them to correspond with their friends and family via email. No, they will not be given Macbooks or BlackBerry devices. The new project only allows the inmates to receive email messages, not send [...]
Mifflin County Police Department Employee Reprimanded for Sending Racist Email
It was the parody that went wrong. Police department administrative secretary Jeri Minnick-Dukes only wanted to get some laughs from her Mifflin County co-workers, but she received criticisms from the entire country instead. Minnick-Dukes is currently being reprimanded for sending email copies of the Night Befo’ Crizzmus, a parody of Clement Clarke Moore’s The Night [...]