Washington Post coverage of the New York Initiative New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, at the podium, is joined at the announcement by, from left, Matthew Sullivan of Sprint Nextel, Jeff Zimmerman of Time…
Justice Department Trying to Revive COPA: “Government lawyers tried Tuesday to revive the Child Online Protection Act, a 1998 law designed to keep online pornography away from children.” (Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)
Secret terror files left on train: “An inquiry is underway into a ‘serious’ security breach after top-secret documents on al-Qaeda are left on a train.” (Via BBC News.)
Secret Spy Court Troubled by FBI Wiretap Network: The nation’s top-secret spy court repeatedly questioned the FBI in 2005 and 2006 about the operation of its sophisticated wiretapping network, raising questions about whether investigators exceeded…
Interstate web host foils gonzo porn baron Max Hardcore: California obscenity, Florida conviction A federal jury in Tampa, Florida convicted a pioneer of gross-out ‘gonzo’ porn last week on obscenity charges stemming from the delivery…
Index on Censorship » Something must be done The government’s latest legislation on ‘extreme pornography’ is based on ill-informed notions, writes Julian Petley Question: what do Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Inside…
Communications Decency Act Tipping Under Cuomo Kid-Porn Accord: Sprint, Verizon and Time Warner are agreeing with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to block and filter kiddie porn. Perhaps it’s a salvo to head off…
Former Prosecutor: ISP Content Filtering Might be a ‘Five Year Felony’: By Ryan Singe, May 22, 2008 Internet service providers that monitor their networks for copyright infringement or bandwidth hogs may be committing felonies by…
France blocks online child porn, terrorism, racism – Yahoo! News: ARIS – France is joining at least five other countries where Internet service providers block access to child pornography and to content linked to terrorism…
Google supports US privacy law: “ If it stops stronger laws anyway Google, under fire recently for not being open enough about its own privacy policies, supports a wide-ranging federal bill protecting privacy.… “ (Via…