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May 23rd, 2008

Former US Prosecutor: ISP Content Filtering Might be a ‘Five-Year Felony’

Former Prosecutor: ISP Content Filtering Might be a ‘Five-Year Felony’: “Broadband providers who snoop on customer traffic to deliver custom ads or shut down BitTorrent traffic may be violating the federal Wiretap Act, a law professor and former federal cybercrime prosecutor says. Even a low-level system administrator following orders could be in legal jeopardy.

(Via Wired News.)

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Posted in ISP liability, Privacy, USA, surveillance |

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