This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago John Ashcroft covers up blind justice’s booby https://web.archive.org/web/20020124151626/https://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/HallsOfJustice/hallsofjustice.html

#15yrsago Google founder regrets censoring China https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jan/27/news.newmedia

#15yrsago Japan’s health minister: Women are “birth-giving machines” https://web.archive.org/web/20070305015449/http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2007/01/health_minister.html

#10yrsago Here’s the utterly inconsequential recording that resulted in NZ PM John Key ordering raids on the free press https://web.archive.org/web/20120130200045/https://juha.saarinen.org/7955

#10yrsago Polish MPs wear Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA https://web.archive.org/web/20120127040038/http://sg.news.yahoo.com/poland-signs-copyright-treaty-drew-protests-102302237.html

#10yrsago Twitter adopts country-specific censorship regime — how will that work? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/jan/27/twitter-censor-tweets-by-country

#10yrsago Software piracy is vital to preservation https://web.archive.org/web/20120310162820/https://www.pcworld.com/article/248571/why_history_needs_software_piracy.html