Facebook denies denying deniers

Facebook has once again found itself sizzling uncomfortably in the frying pan of user outrage, this time for apparently letting a bunch of Holocaust denial groups maintain shop on the site, says The Register.

The most prominent voice demanding Holocaust denial groups get the boot from Facebook belongs to attorney Brian Cuban, brother of hi-tech entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. He has begun a public campaign to have groups like "Holocaust: A Series of Lies" and "Holocaust is a Holohoax" scoured from the site ‑ pointing out Facebook's inconsistent policy of censorship.

Human nature dictates that owning the world's biggest social network means you're invariably hosting a public forum for Earth's diverse pool of idiots ‑ but Facebook apparently wants to strike an arbitrary line between the two.

Persistent illegal file-sharers should be cut off from the net, an alliance of UK creative industries will tell the government on Tuesday, reports The BBC.

The alliance wants the government to force Internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect users who ignore repeated warnings about sharing illegal content.

John Woodward, head of the UK Film Council, said illegal file-sharing was hurting film-making and risking jobs.

A man from Germany has been jailed for life for stabbing a Nottingham student 86 times after stalking his girlfriend, reports The BBC.

David Heiss, 21, from Limburg, became infatuated with 20-year-old Matthew Pyke's girlfriend Joanna Witton, 21, during repeated Internet exchanges.

Heiss, who denied the murder charge and said he was acting in self-defence, was found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court.

Greece has decided to stop Google Street View drivers from taking any more pictures while it considers whether they are taking too many liberties, says CNet.

It has asked the somewhat large search company to provide information regarding the length of time Google intends to keep the images.

It has also asked about how Google informs those who might be leaving the homes of illicit lovers, emerging from pornographic establishments, or vomiting on the sidewalk and are suddenly caught by the righteous retina of the Google eye.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said today that 30% of Web users avoid shopping online due to a lack of trust of businesses and concerns over ID fraud, reports Computing.co.uk.

Such confidence issues could hamper the development of online markets, said OFT chief executive John Fingleton.

"Online retailing is the future for many businesses. If consumers are not confident, demand will grow at a slower rate, so we must tackle these concerns,” he said.