Topic: Paul Chambers

American academic Paul Chambers was arrested in Thailand for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a webinar invitation. Thailand's strict lèse-majesté laws can result in 15-year prison sentences, and the US State Department is reportedly monitoring the situation as prosecutions in the country spike.

The UK government is proposing a bill that would require ISPs to route encrypted webmail through government black boxes to extract header data. This follows the controversial case of Paul Chambers, who was prosecuted and lost his job over a joke tweet about blowing up an airport.