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| Australian court cracks down on illegal downloads | | | By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than 60 websites devoted to helping people illegally download films and television shows will be blocked in Australia, the country's Federal Court ruled on Thursday, in a landmark victory for content providers. News Corp's local cable TV company Foxtel and cinema owner Village Roadshow Ltd won the case, which requires internet service providers such as Telstra Corporation Limited, Optus and TPG to block access to more than 60 file-sharing websites, widely used to download popular TV shows such as Game of Thrones. |
| Washington state coroner's inquest finds police shooting justified | |  A jury found on Wednesday that Washington state police officers acted lawfully when they shot dead a Mexican farm worker after he threw rocks at them, city officials said. The finding by a coroner's inquest jury, which was convened as a fact-finding process for the February 2015 shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the farming hub of Pasco, follows decisions by federal, state and local prosecutors not to charge the three officers who opened fire. Zambrano's death sparked local protests and was condemned last year by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto who called it a disproportionate use of force.
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| Philippine Duterte's admission he killed criminals an impeachable offence - senators | |  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte risks impeachment after he admitted "personally" killing criminals when he was the mayor of Davao City, said two Philippine senators. The firebrand leader boasted to business leaders on Monday that as Davao City mayor he used to prowl the streets on a big motorcycle looking for "an encounter to kill" just to show to local law enforcers he can do it. "I used to do it personally," Duterte said.
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| Trump meets Silicon Valley elite after mutual mistrust in campaign | |  By Gina Cherelus and Dustin Volz NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump and some of Silicon Valley's most powerful executives met at his Manhattan tower on Wednesday, a summit convened to smooth over frictions after both sides made no secret of their disdain for each other during the election campaign. The meeting focused chiefly on economic issues, including job creation, lowering taxes and trade dynamics with China, while largely skirting the many disagreements the tech industry has with Trump on matters ranging from immigration to digital privacy, according to a Trump transition team statement. Trump proposed reconvening with the tech leaders as often as every quarter, the statement said.
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| Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach | |  Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history. The number of affected accounts was double the number implicated in a 2014 breach that the internet company disclosed in September and blamed on hackers working on behalf of a government. News of that attack, which affected at least 500 million accounts, prompted Verizon Communication Inc to say in October that it might withdraw from an agreement to buy Yahoo's core internet business for $4.83 billion.
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| China environment watchdogs to sever local government ties by year-end | |  China's environment impact assessment (EIA) agencies will sever all connections with local governments by year-end to avoid conflicts of interest and help bolster the environment ministry's battle against rampant air, water and soil pollution. Citing the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the official Xinhua news agency said late on Thursday that 337 EIA agencies had already been de-coupled from local government or been disbanded. Earlier this week, China punished nearly 700 officials for inadequately protecting the environment in the latest round of rolling inspections.
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| Charity says over 1,700 calls made to UK soccer abuse helpline | |  A hotline set up for former players to report child sex abuse they had suffered at British soccer clubs dating back to the 1970s has received more than 1,700 calls since it was set up three weeks ago, the charity responsible said on Thursday. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) set up the hotline last month after former Crewe Alexandra player Andy Woodward revealed he had been abused as a boy by a youth team coach, prompting other ex-professionals to come forward with more allegations. "It's clear that for far too long, hundreds of people who suffered abuse as youngsters in the game have not been able to speak up, but it is encouraging that so many are finally finding their voice," said NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless. "What's important now is that those victims get that much-needed support, and that perpetrators are identified and brought to justice by police." The NSPCC said more than 1,700 calls have been made since Nov. 23, with 907 in the last fortnight.
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